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Zeinab Badawi ( ar, زينب بدوي; born October 1959) is a Sudanese-British television and radio journalist. She was the first
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of the ''ITV Morning News'' (later known as '' ITV News at 5:30''), and co-presented ''
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'' with Jon Snow from 1989 to 1998), before joining
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. Badawi was the presenter of ''
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'' broadcast on both
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and
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, and ''
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'', a weekly showcase of reports from the BBC.


Early life

Badawi was born in October 1959 in
Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
and has lived in Britain since the age of two. Her great-grandfather, Sheikh Babiker Badri, fought against Kitchener's British forces at the
Battle of Omdurman The Battle of Omdurman was fought during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan between a British–Egyptian expeditionary force commanded by British Commander-in-Chief (sirdar) major general Horatio Herbert Kitchener and a Sudanese army of the M ...
in 1898 and pioneered women's education in Sudan. Badawi's father was a newspaper editor in Sudan committed to social reform who, when the family moved to the UK, joined the BBC's Arabic Service."Honorary Fellows & Honorary Graduates , Zeinab Badawi"
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, University of London. Badawi is bilingual and speaks both
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and
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fluently. Badawi was educated at
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in North London, before studying Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) at
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. At Oxford, Badawi was a member of the
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. In 1988 she moved back to London to pursue a full-time one-year MA degree at the
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(SOAS),
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, in Politics and Anthropology of the Middle East, graduating with distinction in 1989.


Journalism and awards

After graduating from Oxford University, Badawi was a researcherNational Portrait Gallery
Prime Minister's Office, 11 October 2004. and
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for
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from 1982 to 1986. After a period at BBC Manchester she joined ''
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'' in 1988.Zeinab Badawi
 Badawi co-presented ''Channel 4 News'' from 1989 until 1998 when she joined the
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. At the BBC Badawi worked as presenter and reporter for
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live political programmes for five years. She also worked on
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as a regular presenter of ''
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'' on Radio 4 and
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's ''Newshour''. In 2005, Badawi became the new presenter of ''The World'' on
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, the UK's first daily news bulletin devoted principally to international news. In May 2007 the programme was rebranded as ''World News Today'' and is also shown on the
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channel. She is a regular presenter of the BBC interview programme ''
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''. In an exclusive interview in May 2009, Badawi interviewed Sudan's President Omar Al-Bashir, the first serving head of state to be charged with war crimes. In November 2009, Badawi was named International TV Personality of the Year in the Annual Media Awards, the international media excellence awards organised by the
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. Since 2010, in addition to her presenting role on BBC World News, Badawi has presented on the
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and the BBC News at Five. Badawi was awarded an honorary doctorate by the
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(SOAS) in July 2011. In May 2014 she was based in
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, presenting coverage of the South African elections on BBC World News and BBC News Channel. For many years, Badawi has led an annual
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discussion in connection with the Nobel festivities in Stockholm, Sweden. The programme is shown on
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. In 2017, Badawi hosted a nine-part series, ''The History of Africa'', based on
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's
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. The documentary series was broadcast in July and August 2017 on
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. In August 2018, she was awarded the President's Medal of the
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"for her contributions to international political journalism".


Personal life

Badawi is a mother of two sons and two daughters.


Public positions

Badawi has been an adviser to the
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and a Council Member of the
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. She was Chair of the
Royal African Society The Royal African Society (RAS) of the United Kingdom was founded in 1901 to promote relations between the United Kingdom and countries in Africa. The RAS is a not-for-profit membership organisation based in London. In addition to producing its jour ...
(RAS) from 2014 to 2021. She is a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery (since 2004) and the
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. In June 2011 her appointment to the advisory board of the
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was announced. Badawi is founder and chair of the Africa Medical Partnership Fund (AfriMed), a charity which aims to help local medical professionals in Africa. Badawi is on the Board of Trustees at the Royal Opera House. In October 2021 Badawi was appointed as the new President of
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.


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