Zeina Khodr

Zeina Khodr (Arabic: زينة خضر‎) is a Lebanese broadcast journalist for the Al Jazeera English channel.

Career

Khodr has been a news correspondent, in national and international news, for over 15 years. She has worked for several news organizations, including: Al Jazeera's online, Arabic-language and English services, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), Emirates Dubai Television, the BBC World Service, and CNN.[1]

Khodr has worked for Al Jazeera English since it launched, in 2006.[2] After reporting from Pakistan and Afghanistan, she came to international prominence as one of the first correspondents to enter Tripoli in 2011.

Now a senior correspondent for the Near East, Khodr reports from the Lebanon, Syria and Turkey.[3][4] Though not styled a war correspondent, her permanent presence on the ground, in a region of continual unrest, ensures a regular place on the front-line of conflict; her reports are frequently made in protective flak jacket and combat helmet, and often to a background of gunfire.[5]

Awards

Personal

Khodr was educated at the American Community School (ACS), in Beirut, and at the American University of Beirut, where she earned her BA in political science in 1994.[8]

References
  1. http://www.aljazeera.com/category/person/zeina-khodr (26/08/14)
  2. https://www.aljazeera.com/profile/zeina-khodr.html (02/02/17)
  3. https://www.twitter.com/ZeinakhodrAljaz (02/02/17)
  4. https://institute.aljazeera.net/ar/ajr/article/792
  5. The Independent U.K. (02/05/13)
  6. "The Latest Entertainment & Hollywood News - The Hollywood Reporter". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  8. https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeinakhodr (04/02/17)
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