Zeinab Badawi

@TV Presenters, Family and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Zeinab Badawi is a Sudanese-British television and radio journalist British Media Personalities Journalists TV Presenters Sagittarius Celebrities Zeinab Badawi is a Sudanese-British television and radio journalist. Born into an educated and open-minded family in Sudan, she left her homeland at the age of two when her family moved to Great Britain. Her father worked as an editor which made her realize the power of media in this modern era and she decided to pursue a career in journalism. After completing her graduation from Oxford University, she started working as a broadcast journalist for Yorkshire TV. She served there for more than three years and then opted to pursue MA from the University of London, later returning to work at the Channel 4 News. She served as the co-presenter of the concerned network for almost a decade before moving to work for British Broadcasting Company (BBC). Along with presenting live political programs from Westminster for the channel, she also served as a regular anchor on BBC radio as well as BBC Four. She questioned some of the most powerful personalities in her interviews on the BBC show ‘HARDtalk’ and received much appreciation for her work. Along with being a journalist, she is a strong advocate for women’s education and serves as a member on several institutional and developmental boards.

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Birthday: November 24, 1959 Nationality: British Famous: Media Personalities, Journalists, TV Presenters Universities: St Hilda's College Oxford University of Oxford SOAS University of London University of London Humanitarian Works: She is the founder of the charity organization Africa Medical Partnership Fund (AfriMed), which aims to help local medical professionals in Africa. Birth Place: Omdurman Religion: Islam Information Detail Birthday November 24, 1959 Nationality British Famous Media Personalities, Journalists, TV Presenters Universities St Hilda's College Oxford University of Oxford SOAS University of London University of London Humanitarian Works She is the founder of the charity organization Africa Medical Partnership Fund (AfriMed), which aims to help local medical professionals in Africa. Birth Place Omdurman Religion Islam Height 175cm Gender Female Sun Sign Sagittarius Born in Omdurman Famous as Journalist

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She is a divorcee and lives with her four children: two sons and two daughters. Unsplash Personal Life

Zeinab Badawi was born on November 24, 1959, in Sudan. Her great-grandfather, Sheikh Babiker Badri, fought against British forces and was a pioneer of women's education in Sudan. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Her father, Mohammed-Khair El Badawi, worked as an editor in a newspaper in Sudan and was a committed social reformer. When Zeinab was two, her family moved to the United Kingdom where her father joined the BBC's Arabic Service. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

She received her early education from the ‘Hornsey High School for Girls’ in North London and took ‘A’ levels in Russian, Latin and History. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Later, she got enrolled in the St Hilda's College of Oxford University, where she studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. While at college, she also became a member of the Oxford University Broadcasting Society. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

After completing her graduation from Oxford, Zeinab Badawi started her career as a researcher and broadcast journalist for Yorkshire TV, where she served from 1982 to 1986. Unsplash Career

Then, she served for a brief period at the ‘BBC Manchester News’ before joining ‘Channel 4 News’ in 1988. Unsplash Career

The same year, she moved to London to pursue a full-time one year MA at ‘School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)’, University of London. In 1989, she completed her course in Politics and Anthropology of the Middle East with distinction. Unsplash Career

From 1989 to 1998, she worked as a co-presenter in Channel 4 News with Jon Snow and after that went to work for BBC. At BBC News, she served as the presenter and reporter for live political programs from Westminster, for the next five years. Unsplash Career

Subsequently, she also worked on BBC radio as a regular presenter of ‘The World Tonight’ on Radio 4 and BBC World Service's ‘Newshour’. Unsplash Career

Working for BBC, she has hosted live political shows interviewing Members of Parliament as well as reporting live from the political party conferences in the UK. She also leads a special Nobel laureate discussion in connection with the Nobel festivities in Stockholm, Sweden, which is shown on Swedish television. Unsplash Major Works

She is a strong advocate of women’s education and her family runs the ‘Al Ahfad University’, which educates females from all parts of Sudan and the rest of Africa. Unsplash Major Works

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Birthday	November 24, 1959
Nationality	British
Famous	Media Personalities, Journalists, TV Presenters
Universities	St Hilda's College Oxford University of Oxford SOAS University of London University of London
Humanitarian Works	She is the founder of the charity organization Africa Medical Partnership Fund (AfriMed), which aims to help local medical professionals in Africa.
Birth Place	Omdurman
Religion	Islam
Height	175cm
Gender	Female
Sun Sign	Sagittarius
Born in	Omdurman
Famous as	Journalist

Zeinab Badawi

British

Nov 24, 1959

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Omdurman