Rola Bahnam
{{Short description|Iraqi television presenter}}
Rola Bahnam ({{langx|ar|رولا بهنام}}) or often spelt Rula Bahnam, is a Lebanese TV presenter of an Iraqi descent. She is mostly known for working in Future TV and now presenting the TV Show "Isma Wi Naseeb" "Perfect Bride" on LBC. Rola was born to an Iraqi father and Lebanese mother, and in a recent interview with Shada Hassoun, she stated she was from Mosul.
According to Lebanese news sources, Rola Bahnam is the owner of a property in the coastal town Amsheet being built over a protected seal cave since 2022.{{Cite news |last=Abou AlJoud |first=Sally |date=15 June 2022 |title=Amchit municipality to stop works at site above sea cave used by endangered seals |url=https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1302771/amchit-municipality-to-halt-construction-work-at-site-above-sea-cave-used-by-endangered-seals.html |access-date=20 February 2024 |work=L'Orient Today}} The legally contested and publicly protested construction is accused to damage the integrity of the cave threatening the maritime life inhabiting it. Construction continues despite the protests and contested legality of the project.{{Cite web |title=Megaphone on Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3h9-z2i4mv/?igsh=MTdpZTZybWszOG9kYg== |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=www.instagram.com}}
Career
Bahnam worked as a model and participated once with the Lebanese girl band, The 4 Cats in their first song, "Aachra, Hdaach, Tnaach", after which she left the team in 1998..[http://www.answers.com/topic/the-4-cats The 4 Cats: Information and Much More from Answers.com]{{cite web |title=خاص- بعد ان تمّ التداول بإسم دينا عازار رست (ال بي سي) على رلى بهنام لتقديم حفل ملكة جمال لبنان |url=http://bisara7a.com/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B5-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%91-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1/ |website=bisara7a.com}}
She began her career in 1998 on Future TV through "Elite Model Look", a Tv program for discovering fashion models and represented more like "Open Night" with Rima Karaki and Rima Maktabi, then "Fashion", after which "Rola On Air", and "Song Number One" in 2004.{{cite web |title=رولا بهنام: لا تهمني انتقادات الصحافة!! |url=http://www.al-jazirah.com/magazine/31082004/fadaiat19.htm |website=www.al-jazirah.com}}{{cite web |title=رولا بهنام: الحياة وحدها مدرسة كبيرة * من الصعب الجمع بين العمل التلفزيوني والواجب الأسري |url=http://www.al-jazirah.com/magazine/12072005/ar33.htm |website=www.al-jazirah.com}}
After a long absence from television, she returned with the TV program "Qisma W Naseeb" and hosted its first season on the screen of LBC in 2007 then "Design Magazine" program specialized in the world of architecture and designs on the Abu Dhabi Channel in 2010.{{cite web |title=19 عملاً درامياً وإذاعياً لـ«أبوظبي للإعلام» في مهرجان القاهرة للإعلام العربي |url=http://www.alittihad.ae/mobile/details.php?id=88536&y=2010 |website=www.alittihad.ae | date=20 December 2010 |language=ar}}
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