Shahnaz Pakravan
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Shahnaz Pakravan (Persian: شهناز پاکروان) is a radio and television presenter.
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[edit] Education
Pakravan was educated at Moreton Hall School, a girls' independent boarding school in Oswestry, Shropshire, in England.
[edit] Life and career
Pakravan is a former news presenter on BBC World, BBC News 24 and news anchor for Channel Four's daily breakfast news and business programme Channel Four Daily and Dubai Television. She appeared as an 'Indian woman' in the 1980s sit-com Drop the Dead Donkey. She also anchored and reported for the BBC's science and technology programme Tomorrow's World, Channel Four Health programme Health Alert and produced and presented Arab World Direct for BBC World. Her radio work has included hosting BBC Radio Four's Woman's Hour.
Pakravan hosted Arab World Direct, aired all over the Arab world, including Saudi Arabia for a special 9-11 edition which featured an extended interview with Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki Al Saud, former Governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority. Other high-profile interviews include Jordan's King Abdullah and the new UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
More recently she has been running the 200-year-old Bridge Hotel, in Helmsdale, Sutherland, on the east coast of Scotland (though is looking to sell).[1]
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