Zeina Awad

Zeina Awad (Arabic: زينة عوض‎) is a Lebanese news correspondent who used to co-host Fault Lines,[1] Al Jazeera English's flagship current affairs programme about the Americas.[2] Awad says she believes that Fault Lines strives to identify and patch information gaps by "asking the tough questions" of the countries and people in power.[3]

Before joining Al Jazeera English, Awad was a producer for the BBC's HARDtalk and Panorama programmes (2004–2006), as well as Al Jazeera Arabic (2003–2004) and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (2000–2002). Later on, she left Al Jazeera in 2013, then joined TRT World from 2015 to 2017.[4]

Beginnings

She studied bachelor at the McGill University, then earned a master's degree in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics in November 2003.[5]

Career

Fault Lines

Awad's Fault Lines coverage brought her to India where she reported on US pharmaceutical companies conducting clinical research abroad.[1][6][7] She also traveled to Puerto Rico, projected to be the world's slowest growing economy, to analyze the economic policies imposed on its people.[6][8] She rounds out this season's coverage with an exploration of the growing gap between the wealthiest 1% of Americans and the rest of society.[9]

Awad says she believes that Fault Lines strives to identify and patch information gaps by "asking the tough questions" of the countries and people in power.[3]

Other coverages

Prior to joining the Fault Lines team, Awad covered some of the Middle East and Africa's most important stories for Al Jazeera English's People and Power, including the rise of Islamism in Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camps, Iraq's forgotten refugees, and the underground world of Zimbabwean human trafficking. Based in the Middle East, Awad traveled throughout the region extensively, covering news stories ranging from the Gaza war[10] to Lebanon's violent unrest. Awad's reporting also brought her to Africa, where her coverage spans the continent and focuses on issues such as the Darfur conflict and the Zimbabwean exodus.[11]

Awad has reported from Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, the Occupied Palestinian Territories,[12] South Africa, Kenya, Morocco,[13] Algeria, Canada,[14] the US and India. Awad has interviewed numerous world leaders, including former Nigerian President Obasanjo, Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh,[15][16] veteran Lebanese politician Walid Jumblatt and members of the US Congress, as well as Arab and African ministers.

References
  1. Awad, Zeina (1 August 2011). "U.S. Pharmaceutical Companies Testing Drugs on India's Poor". New American Media (Interview). Interviewed by Viji Sundaram. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  2. Collins, Laura (9 August 2011). "Reporting on war: Women in the line of fire". The National.
  3. "Meet presenter Zeina Awad". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  4. "Zeina Awad: Reporting makes me more aware of my privilege". TRT World. 3 March 2017.
  5. "Zeina Awad". LinkedIn.
  6. Ricchiardi, Sherry (March–April 2011). "The Al Jazeera Effect". American Journalism Review.
  7. "Outsourced: Clinical trials overseas". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  8. "Puerto Rico: The fiscal experiment". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  9. "The top 1%". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  10. Pintak, Lawrence (Winter 2009). "Gaza: Of media wars and borderless journalism". Arab Media & Society.
  11. "Crossing Over". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera. 11&15 July 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. "Gazans fleeced in investment scam". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera. 5 December 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  13. "Moroccan Diary". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera. 5 September 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  14. "Battle for Minority Vote in Canada". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  15. "Interview with Ismail Haniyeh". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  16. "Interview with Ismail Haniyeh, Part 2". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
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