Zeina Awad

{{Short description|Lebanese news correspondent}}

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Zeina Awad ({{langx|ar|زينة عوض}}) is a Lebanese/Canadian news correspondent who used to co-host Fault Lines,{{cite interview |last=Awad |first=Zeina |url=http://newamericamedia.org/2011/08/us-pharmaceutical-companies-testing-drugs-on-indias-poor.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817121622/http://newamericamedia.org/2011/08/us-pharmaceutical-companies-testing-drugs-on-indias-poor.php |url-status=usurped |archive-date=17 August 2011 |interviewer=Viji Sundaram |title=U.S. Pharmaceutical Companies Testing Drugs on India's Poor |date=1 August 2011 |work=New American Media |access-date=22 August 2011}} Al Jazeera English's flagship current affairs programme about the Americas.{{cite news| url=http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middle-east/reporting-on-war-women-in-the-line-of-fire?pageCount=0 | work=The National | first1=Laura | last1=Collins | title=Reporting on war: Women in the line of fire | date=9 August 2011}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/faultlines/2011/06/2011618125459493105.html|title=Meet presenter Zeina Awad|date=11 July 2011|work=Fault Lines|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=16 August 2011}}

Before joining Al Jazeera English, Awad was a producer for the BBC's HARDtalk and Panorama programmes (2004–2006), CNN, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (2000–2002). Later on, she left Al Jazeera in 2013, then joined TRT World from 2015 to 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/zeina-awad-reporting-makes-me-more-aware-of-my-privilege-5497|title=Zeina Awad: Reporting makes me more aware of my privilege|website=TRT World|date=3 March 2017}}

After 15 years in journalism, Awad joined the international civil service and humanitarian fields as a senior strategic communications specialist and advisor for UNICEF, UNESCO and MSF, with a focus on climate justice and gender equality.