Dima Khatib
Dima Khatib | |
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| File:Dima.Khatib.jpg Photo: Issa Al Kindy | |
| Born | July 14, 1971[1] |
Dima Khatib (Template:Lang-ar) is a journalist, poet and translator. She is the Managing Director of AJ+,[2] an award-winning digital news service in English, Arabic and Spanish launched by Al Jazeera Media Network in San Francisco, USA. She is currently the only female executive director within the Al Jazeera group and one of few female leaders in the Arab media sphere.[3]
Biography
Dima was born in Damascus to a Syrian mother and a Palestinian father.[4] Khatib speaks eight languages (Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, German). She joined Al Jazeera back in 1997 as a junior intern in broadcast journalism to become a producer, correspondent in China and then Latin America Bureau Chief before making a total shift to internet journalism in recent years.[5][6]
Career
Dima has been classified among the most influential Arabs on Social Media.[7] She received attention during Arab revolutions for providing frequent updates and commentary about recent events via her Twitter account.[8][9][10] Today she tackles all kinds of issues on her social feeds, including social media, media, motherhood, poetry, Palestine and others.[11]
She started earning recognition during the Iraq War, when she worked as a live news producer in Doha for Al Jazeera Arabic Channel. She gave an interview to CNN's Larry King and Wolf Blitzer,[12] and was featured in Control Room, a 2004 documentary film about Al Jazeera and its coverage of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[13]
During her assignment in Latin America she had exclusive and close access to the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez [14][15] and interviewed several leaders such as Bolivia's Evo Morales and Brazil's Lula da Silva. Reporting from all over South and Central America she gave the Arab World an unprecedented insight into a far-away continent. From Caracas she would be cited as the source of breaking news such as Chávez being the first head of state to harshly condemn Israel over the Israeli-Lebanon conflict [16] and cutting ties with Israel years later. She also dismissed the claims that Gaddafi has escaped to Venezuela.[17]
Dima has one published collection of poems in Arabic entitled Love Refugee (Template:Lang-ar), available on Jamalon.[18] Dima has also co-authored one book in Spanish about Arab Revolutions.[citation needed]
She lectured journalism at the American University in Dubai (AUD) between 2013-2015 and gives talks around the globe. She organises regular poetry recitals in cities across the Persian Gulf region, as well as Europe and both North and Latin America.[19]
Prior to her work with Al Jazeera, Khatib has worked for Swiss Radio International in Bern and World Health Organisation in Geneva, as well as Al-Raya Newspaper and Qatar Radio in French in Doha.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Arab TV Gets a New Slant: Newscasts Without Censorship". The New York Times. 1999-07-04.
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- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7jnu7fWQrI
- ^ http://www.dimakhatib.blogspot.com/
- ^ "Dima Khatib | Off the Strip for free thinkers and adventurers". Sandraoffthestrip.com. 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ Ralph D. Berenger, ed. (2004). Global Media Go to War: Role of News and Entertainment Media During the 2003 Iraq War. Marquette Books. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-922993-10-9.
- ^ "Wamda". www.wamda.com. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
- ^ Mackey, Robert (2011-01-14). "Arab Bloggers Cheer on Tunisia's Revolution". The New York Times.
- ^ Owen, Paul; Weaver, Matthew (2011-01-17). "Tunisia crisis: live updates". The Guardian. London.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lzeTVJe7MI
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHPLSz7nv0E
- ^ "CNN.com". CNN.
- ^ Shiv Malik (2005-01-24). "Broadcast and be damned". London: The Independent. Archived from the original on 2005-03-06. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyZyunfbCxw
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNnQpCPv68c
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Libya protests spread and intensify | World News". Axisoflogic.com. 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ http://jamalon.com/en/catalog/product/view/id/36644032
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhSqtDiWRec
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