UK-based charity Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) has named seven Arab women broadcasters among the 100 most influential journalists covering armed violence. The names included Zeina Khodr and Hoda Abdel-Hamid of Al Jazeera English, Nima Elbagir of CNN, Jenan Moussa of Al-Aan TV, Rima Maktabi at Al-Arabiya, the BBC’s ‘Tripoli Witness’ Rana Jawad, and Leila […]
UK-based charity Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) has named seven Arab women broadcasters among the 100 most influential journalists covering armed violence.
The names included Zeina Khodr and Hoda Abdel-Hamid of Al Jazeera English, Nima Elbagir of CNN, Jenan Moussa of Al-Aan TV, Rima Maktabi at Al-Arabiya, the BBC’s ‘Tripoli Witness’ Rana Jawad, and Leila Fadel, Cairo Bureau Chief of National Public Radio, and Hala Jaber of Sunday Times.
Rima Maktabi was one of the first female Arabic TV journalists to cover conflicts in the Middle East, and her coverage of the Israel-Hezbollah war of 2006 brought her to the attention of the AOAV.
The BBC’s Jeremy Bowen and Christiane Amanpour of CNN were among the wider list of key conflict correspondents highlighted by AOAV.
“Journalists are the bridge between those peaceful and violent worlds. Without their bravery and determination to bring the realities of armed violence to the rest of the world, we would neither understand nor be able to address the issues that cause and propagate violence,” said AOAV.
