Ghida Fakhry

Ghida Fakhry (Arabic: غیدا فخري‎) is a Lebanese broadcast journalist,[2] She is the host/managing editor of a weekly political program Inside America and a monthly global affairs program Bigger than Five on TRT World,[3] and since 2019 she has been the moderator for Doha Debates[4] based in Washington, DC, as well as a contributor to the Huffington Post. She was a lead anchor for the global news channel Al Jazeera English at its launch in Washington DC,[5] and was later one of the primary anchors at the network's headquarters in Doha. She was also the host of Witness, an award-winning documentary program.[6]

Ghida Fakhry
Ghida Fakhry moderating an event at the 2017 World Bank Group-IMF Spring Meetings
Born
Beirut, Lebanon[1]
EducationSOAS University of London
OccupationTV Presenter
Years active1996–present
AgentHarry Walker Agency
Notable credit(s)
Witness (AJE) host
Websitewww.ghidafakhry.com

Education

Ghida Fakhry pursued a bilingual education, French and English leading up to a French baccalaureate degree. She later completed her undergraduate studies in London and received a Master's degree in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, graduating with distinction in 1996, she also received a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from the Boston University.[7] She is fluent in English, Arabic and French and is conversational in Spanish.[8]

Career
Ghida Fakhry at the 2017 World Bank Group-IMF Spring Meetings

Ghida Fakhry started her career as a political correspondent for the London-based daily Asharq Al-Awsat. She later became New York Bureau Chief and Columnist[9] covering the annual General Assembly meetings of the UN. As New York Correspondent and Bureau Chief for Al Jazeera in 2000 she covered the 9/11 attacks. Fakhry conducted interviews in Washington D.C. with U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld,[10] and the Secretary of State, Colin Powell,[11] as well as several other senior State Department and Pentagon officials. She reported on location from Baghdad and Kabul in the summer of 2003 while traveling with Rumsfeld during his first trip to Iraq after the US-led invasion and covered his visit to the Abu Ghraib prison.[8]

Awards and Recognition

2007: Voted as one of four US-based news anchors in Esquire Magazine’s annual ‘Women We Love’[12]

2012: George Foster Peabody Award for Aljazeera’s coverage of the Arab Awakening[13]

2013: Named among the World’s Most Influential Arabs by Arabian Business Power 500[14]

References
  1. "Biography: Ghida Fakhry". Al Jazeera. 2 August 2010.
  2. "Ghida Fakhry". Bidoun. 2009.
  3. "TRT World launches new weekly programme Bigger Than Five". TRT World. 25 September 2017.
  4. "Doha Debates back with a new concept". Gulf Times. 13 December 2018.
  5. "PUBLIC LIVES; Television Bureau Chief Leaves Anonymity Behind". NY Times. Retrieved 19 October 2001.
  6. "Biography: Ghida Fakhry". Al Jazeera English. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  7. "Ghida Fakhry". LinkedIn.
  8. "Ghida Fakhry joins Al Jazeera International". AME Info. 24 April 2006. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  9. Fakhry, Ghida (11 April 2005). "The Security Council's new line of work: Is Mehlis the right man?". Asharq Alawsat. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  10. Fakhry, Ghida (4 December 2002). "Secretary Rumsfeld Interview With LBC TV And Al Hayat Newspaper". U. S. Department of Defence. Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  11. "Powell Says Progress Being Achieved in Iraq". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  12. "Women We Love: The Newsgirls". Esquire. 29 October 207.
  13. "Awards won by Al Jazeera English". Al Jazeera. 6 October 2015.
  14. "Arabian Business Power 500". Arabian Business. 2013.
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