Ghida Fakhry
{{Short description|Lebanese-British journalist}}
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| name = Ghida Fakhry
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| caption = Ghida Fakhry moderating an event at the 2017 World Bank Group-IMF Spring Meetings
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| birth_place = Beirut, Lebanon{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2010/01/201011491213274215.html|title=Biography: Ghida Fakhry|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=2 August 2010}}
| education = SOAS University of London
| occupation = Journalist
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| years_active = 1996–present
| credits = Witness
| website = {{URL|http://www.ghidafakhry.com}}
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Ghida Fakhry ({{langx|ar|غیدا فخري}}) is a Lebanese-British journalist.{{cite web|date=2021|title=Ghida Fakhry|url=https://www.harrywalker.com/speakers/ghida-fakhry|website=Harry Walker}} She was a lead anchor for the global news channel Al Jazeera English at its launch in Washington D.C.,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/19/nyregion/public-lives-television-bureau-chief-leaves-anonymity-behind.html|title=PUBLIC LIVES; Television Bureau Chief Leaves Anonymity Behind|work=The New York Times |date=19 October 2001 |access-date=19 October 2001|last1=Wadler |first1=Joyce }} and was later one of the primary anchors at the network's headquarters in Doha. She was also the host of Witness, a documentary program.{{cite news|title=Biography: Ghida Fakhry|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/witness/2010/01/201011491213274215.html|access-date=10 March 2011|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=2 August 2010}}
Career
File:Ghida Fakhry moderating at the World Bank Group-IMF Spring Meetings 2017.jpg
Ghida Fakhry started her TV career as a Middle East analyst for CNN and was a CNN world report contributor.{{Cite web|title=CNN Transcript – World Report: Effectiveness of U.N. Peacekeepers Called into Question – May 28, 2000|url=http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0005/28/wr.01.html|access-date=2021-05-27|publisher=CNN}}{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} She later became New York Bureau Chief and Columnist{{cite news|last=Fakhry|first=Ghida|title=The Security Council's new line of work: Is Mehlis the right man?|url=http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=2510|access-date=10 March 2011|newspaper=Asharq Alawsat|date=2005-04-11}} for a leading London-based Middle East newspaper and covered the annual General Assembly meetings of the UN.
As New York Correspondent and Bureau Chief for Al Jazeera from 2000, she covered the 9/11 attacks. Fakhry conducted interviews in Washington D.C., with U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld,{{cite news|last=Fakhry |first=Ghida |title=Secretary Rumsfeld Interview With LBC TV And Al Hayat Newspaper |url=http://www.defense.gov/Transcripts/Transcript.aspx?TranscriptID=2868 |access-date=10 March 2011 |newspaper=U. S. Department of Defence |date=4 December 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301114109/http://www.defense.gov/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=2868 |archive-date=1 March 2011 }} and the Secretary of State, Colin Powell,{{cite web|title=Powell Says Progress Being Achieved in Iraq|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2003/07/mil-030724-usia07.htm|publisher=GlobalSecurity.org|access-date=10 March 2011}} 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.{{cite news |title=Ghida Fakhry joins Al Jazeera International |url=http://www.ameinfo.com/83898.html |access-date=10 March 2011 |newspaper=AME Info |date=24 April 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422130845/http://www.ameinfo.com/83898.html |archive-date=22 April 2009 }}
Fakhry joined Al Jazeera English at its launch in 2006,{{Cite web|last=Baddhan|first=Raj|date=2006-04-24|title=Ghida Fakhry joins Al Jazeera International|url=https://www.bizasialive.com/ghida-fakhry-joins-al-jazeera-international/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=BizAsia {{!}} Media, Entertainment, Showbiz, Brit, Events and Music|language=en-GB}} taking on the role of Lead Female Anchor in the network's Washington DC broadcast center. She presented the award-winning documentary program Witness in 2010.
In 2017, she joined TRT World and launched a monthly global affairs program Bigger than Five.{{Cite web|title=TRT World launches new weekly programme Bigger Than Five|url=https://www.trtworld.com/turkey/trt-world-launches-new-weekly-programme-bigger-than-five-10723/amp|access-date=2021-05-27|website=TRT World}} Since 2020, she also hosts the weekly political program Inside America with Ghida Fakhry.{{Cite web|title=Inside America|url=https://www.trtworld.com/video/inside-america|access-date=2021-05-27|website=TRT World|language=en}}
Awards and recognition
2007: Voted as one of four US-based news anchors in Esquire Magazine's annual 'Women We Love'.{{cite web|url=https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/sex/amp3639/newsgirls1107/|title=Women We Love: The Newsgirls|website=Esquire|date=29 October 207}}
2012: George Foster Peabody Award for Al Jazeera's coverage of the Arab Spring.{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/pressoffice/2012/04/2012416161854868952.html|title=Awards won by Al Jazeera English|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=6 October 2015}}
2013: Named among the World's Most Influential Arabs by Arabian Business Power 500.{{cite web|url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/arabian-business-power-500-2013-493796.html?itemid=494459|title=Arabian Business Power 500|website=Arabian Business|date=2013}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.ghidafakhry.com/}}
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Category:Boston University alumni
Category:Alumni of SOAS University of London
Category:Lebanese television presenters
Category:Lebanese women television presenters