Norwegian
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
*Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
*Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including the ...
journalist and
news anchor
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Mah-Rukh Ali was born and raised in
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
, of Pakistani parents, with three brothers. As a 14-year-old, she wrote the book ''Den sure virkeligheten'' (lit. "The Sour Reality"), released in 1996. The book elaborates on growing up in the west end of Oslo, Norway as a
Muslim
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girl and about feeling Norwegian but being treated differently. She received several racist letters and threats in reaction to the book.Ida Beate Klokk (23 July 2010) TV2-anker fikk drapstrusler i posten
Se og Hør
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, retrieved 1 June 2013 She was invited to write a column in ''
Klassekampen
''Klassekampen'' ( en, The Class Struggle) is a Norwegian daily newspaper. It describes itself as "the newspaper of the Left." The paper's net circulation is 34,000 (2021), and it has around 111,000 daily readers on paper (160,000 on Saturdays). ...
'' after that. She then took a BA degree in
Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...
from 2000 to 2002, and studied journalism at
Volda University College
Volda University College ( no, Høgskulen i Volda or HVO) is one of the no-tuition state institutions in the system of higher education in Norway. It is located in the town of Volda, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
History
HVO was established ...
from 2002 to 2004.
Ali started her career in the NRK radio news in 2003, and later came to work as a reporter for
Dagsrevyen
''Dagsrevyen'' (English: ''The Daily Review'') is the daily evening news programme for the Norway, Norwegian television channel NRK1, the main channel of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), broadcast at 19:00. In 2007, the programme star ...
, NRK's main news broadcast, in autumn 2005. She was sent as a reporter for the NRK to the earthquake-struck areas of Pakistan during autumn 2005. She has also worked for the daily newspapers ''
Aftenposten
( in the masthead; ; Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 million ...
'' and ''
Dagbladet
''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newsp ...
''.
Of
Pakistan
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i ancestry, in 2006 she became the first news presenter of foreign heritage in a nationwide news broadcast for the
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
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(NRK). During autumn 2006 she was employed by TV 2, and on 15 January 2007 she co-hosted the first regular broadcast of
TV 2 Nyhetskanalen
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The c ...
alongside
Terje Svabø
Terje Svabø (born 4 October 1952) is a Norwegian journalist.
Svabø has worked at ''Aftenposten'', '' VG'' and NRK evening news, where he hosted the debate programs ''Debatt 21'' (Debate 21) and ''Til debatt'' ( en, To Debate). In 2000 he left N ...
. In 2010, she became a news anchor for the main station TV2; being 28 years old, she was the station's youngest news anchor.
In October 2015 she published the book ''Trusselen fra IS'' (The threat from IS).
Se og Hør
''Se og Hør'' (; "See and Hear") is a TV guide and celebrity journalism magazine published in three independent versions in Denmark, Norway and Sweden (where it is called ''Se & Hör'' ) by the Danish company Aller Media. The Danish version is t ...