Zeinab Badawi | |
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 Badawi at Nobel Week Dialogue in Stockholm, 2016 | |
| Born | October 1959 (age 65) Khartoum, Sudan |
| Nationality | British and Sudanese - dual citizenship |
| Education | St Hilda's College, Oxford SOAS, University of London |
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| Employer | BBC |
| Notable credit(s) | World News Today with Zeinab Badawi HARDtalk GMT BBC News at Five |
| Children | 4 |
Zeinab Badawi (Arabic: زينب بدوي; born October 1959)[1] is a Sudanese-British television and radio journalist. She was the first presenter of the ITV Morning News (later known as ITV News at 5:30),[2] and co-presented Channel 4 News with Jon Snow from 1989 to 1998 before joining BBC News. Badawi was the presenter of World News Today broadcast on both BBC Four and BBC World News, and Reporters, a weekly showcase of reports from the BBC.[3] In 2021, Badawi was appointed as president of SOAS University of London.[4]
- ^ "Zeinab Badawi awarded Honorary Doctorate by SOAS". soas.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ British Embassy Lisbon: Zeinab Badawi. Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "About World News Today with Zeinab Badawi", BBC, 26 February 2010.
- ^ "Zeinab Badawi appointed as President of SOAS". SOAS University of London. 5 October 2021.