Foreign Correspondent for CBC News & "The National;" Author of "A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter's Journey From Refugee Camp To The Arab Spring"
Nahlah Ayed Biography
Nahlah Ayed is a London-based correspondent for CBC News and its flagship program "The National."
Ayed is a veteran of foreign reportage, specifically in the Middle East, where she spent seven years filing for the CBC's television, radio and online operations. From Riyadh to Tehran, Beirut to Baghdad, Ayed covered the region extensively, interviewing key leaders, and reporting from several major conflicts including those in Iraq, Lebanon and Gaza. Most recently, she covered the Arab uprisings in Libya and Egypt.
Ayed has also covered major stories beyond the Middle East, including the Haiti earthquake, the Pakistan floods, the London riots, and the 2011 gunman attacks in Norway.
Ayed's work has been recognized repeatedly, through numerous awards for her print and online stories, three Gemini nominations for her television reportage in Iraq, Iran, and Egypt, and an honorary doctorate degree awarded by the University of Manitoba in 2008 for distinguished achievement.
A former parliamentary reporter for The Canadian Press, Ayed is a graduate of Carleton University's Master of Journalism program. Ayed also holds a master's degree in interdisciplinary studies and a B.Sc. in genetics from the University of Manitoba.
Her first book, titled "A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter's Journey From Refugee Camp To The Arab Spring" was released in 2012.
She was born and raised in Winnipeg.
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Nahlah Ayed On Her Responsibility To Her Background - YouTube
Nahlah Ayed spent seven years working as a reporter in the Middle East. For her, it was a return to a region she had come to resent. As a child, her...
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