Bassma Al Jandaly
Bassma Al Jandaly (Arabic: بسمة الجندلي) is a journalist based in the United Arab Emirates; she worked as a community and crime correspondent at an English based news paper Gulf News,[1] and is known for her demonstrated interests in humanitarian causes.
Personal life
Bassma Al Jandaly was born on August 30, 1977 in Saint Petersburg, Russia to a Sunni Muslim Syrian family;[2] she has three sisters and one brother, and her father Hassan Jandaly was a high ranking General in the Syrian army.[3] She is also a first cousin of Steve Jobs,[4][5] Mona Simpson and Malek Jandali. Steve's father Abdul Fattah Jandali and Bassma are still in touch.[6]
Career
Bassma Al Jandaly started her career as a small time journalist at Gulf News, an english newspaper based in the United Arab Emirates, one of her more notable stories is the exposing of a United States national by the name of Sharla Musabih,[7] whom used run a human trafficking syndicate, Sharla would sell the babies of prostitutes who are sent to her shelter seeking help, all the while being portrayed as a non-government organization for women's right in the UAE.
On October 31, 2006 Bassma published the very first article regarding executions in the UAE.[8]
In 2015 Bassma Al Jandaly left Gulf news and Joined The General directorate of residency and foreigners affairs in Dubai as a Senior Journalist, Editor and Content developer, during which she was Part of Dubai government Permanent Committee of labours’ Affairs in Dubai (PCLAD), she later resigned in 2017 to work on personal projects.
Major activities
In 2009, Bassma was nominated by the state department in the program "international visitor leadership program" IVLP on effective women in the media in the USA, while there, she wrote an article[9] about the experience as a Muslim in the United States of America.
In 2010, Bassma was invited to join the President of the UAE Federal National Council [10] to cover the Business trip to Algeria,[11] which was an operation between the UAE and Algeria that was meant to strengthen the Co-operation between the two nations.
In 2013, Bassma interviewed the ruler of ajman Sheikh Humaid Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi,[12] the interview focused on the education and its importance.
in 2014, as part of an Official delegation visit to Kurdistan by Dubai,[13] Bassma was invited to join along side the Dubai Chamber of Commerce for the inauguration of the representative office in Kurdistan.
Arrest
June 2005, Bassma Al Jandaly was on an official trip to Greece when she was stopped at the Dubai international airport and was detained for an arrest warrant issued by Sharjah police[16] for an article she had had written about a man who had been slashing women in the emirate of Sharjah,[17] the United Arab Emirates' interior minister at the time was Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, intervened and ordered her release,[18] he asked the police to "rethink their policies when dealing with the media and press," Bassma was released immediately and the case against her was dropped, this in turn promoted freedom of speech in the country,[19] and gaining much attention from international media, the arrest was mentioned in the U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices.[20]
The committee to protect journalists also wrote an article regarding the arrest, the CPJ Executive Director Ann Cooper said she was relieved that Bassma was released.[21]
References
- ^ "gulfnews/bassmaaljandaly".
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "عائلة الجندلي (الرفاعي)". دمشق القديمة (in Arabic). 2014-07-05. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
- ^ "انا إبنة ذلك الرجل الرائع". 22 June 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Steve Jobs Ternyata Punya Nama Arab dan Berasal dari Garis Keturunan Nabi Muhammad". Republika Online (in Indonesian). 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ "Steve Jobs, the cousin I never met and his Homs-Jandali ancestry". Al Bawaba. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ "'Steve is my son and I did not intend to abandon him'". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Three women accuse owner of the City of Hope of selling their babies". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ "One killed policeman and other two were rapists". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Muslims happy to live in the US". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "FNC delegation visits Algeria". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "Al Ghurair looks for unified Arab Parliament". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "Ajman Ruler Shaikh Humaid: Education is one of the blessings in life". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- ^ "Kurdistan seeks more UAE investment". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "Dubai-based journalist harassed, detained". IFEX. 2005-06-17. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ "My free speech ordeal". ArabianBusiness.com. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ "Dubai-based journalist harassed, detained". IFEX. 2005-06-17. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ "Sharjah slasher deported after serving term". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ Fattah, Hassan M. (2005-09-11). "Dubai Opens Door Wide to News Media, but Journalists Note a Catch". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ "UAE: Reporter's Arrest Brings More Press Freedom | Inter Press Service". www.ipsnews.net. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005 - United Arab Emirates". Refworld. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ "Dubai-based journalist harassed, detained". Committee to Protect Journalists. 2005-06-17. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
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