Zeina Yazigi ( ar, زينة يازجي) is a Syrian journalist, news agency reporter and television
news anchor. She is now a news anchor at
Asharq News
Asharq News (Arabic: الشرق للأخبار) is a Arabic-language television channel and news portal with a focus on regional and global economics.
Asharq News was launched on 11 November 2020, and it is a subsidiary of SRMG, the Saudi Resear ...
.
Career
Yazigi was born on 2 April 1975 in
Latakia
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. Her father was a doctor and her mother had studied at the
Sorbonne in Paris. Yazigi earned a
BA in
English Literature
English literature is literature written in the English language from United Kingdom, its crown dependencies, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, and the countries of the former British Empire. ''The Encyclopaedia Britannica'' defines E ...
from
Tishreen University
Tishreen University ( ar, جامعة تشرين, lit=October University), is a public university located in Latakia, Syria. It is the third-largest university in Syria.
History
The university was founded under the name of the ''University o ...
in Latakia, and a degree in media from the
Lebanese American University.
She started working for
Reuters and then for
the Associated Press in its
Beirut bureau. Then, she became a reporter for
CNBC in Syria. She, later, moved to
Syrian Television as a presenter of political programs for a year and a half. She worked as an anchor for
Al Arabiya starting from 2003. She presented the weekly political program ''Tahta Al-Daw'' (''Under the Light'') on Al Arabiya. She left
Al-Arabiya
Arabiya ( ar, العربية, transliterated: '; meaning "The Arabic One" or "The Arab One") is an international Arabic news television channel, currently based in Dubai, that is operated by the media conglomerate MBC.
The channel is a flag ...
in 2011 as a result of the
Syrian uprising, and joined
Dubai TV where she produced and anchored the political talk show ''The Arab Street''. Later on, she moved to
Sky News Arabia where she produced and hosted the political talk show ('Frankly'), until 2017.
Yazigi is active in campaigning for refugees and has worked as a consultant for
UNHCR.
Yazigi was named one of the 100 Most Powerful Arab Women by ''
Arabian Business
''Arabian Business'' (''AB'') is a weekly business magazine published in Dubai and focusing on global and regional news analysis. The brand is aimed at the English- and Arabic-speaking communities and is published in both languages.
Its circula ...
'' magazine in 2013.
In November 2020, Yazigi started working for the newly established Asharq News.
Personal life
She married the Syrian actor in 2002; they have a daughter and a son.
References
External links
Zeina Yazigi's official Facebook page
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1975 births
Living people
Syrian women journalists
20th-century Syrian writers
21st-century Syrian writers
Syrian journalists
Syrian Christians
Al Arabiya people
Lebanese American University alumni
Tishreen University alumni
People from Latakia
20th-century Syrian women writers
21st-century Syrian women writers