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'''Asieh Namdar''' (born in [[1965]] in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]) is a [[ |
'''Asieh Namdar''' (born in [[1965]] in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]) is a [[Iranian-American]] journalist.<ref>http://www.iranian.com/PhotoDay/2005/November/namdar.html</ref> journalist and television presenter. |
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She was born to [[Shia]] parents of Iranian origin, in [[Karachi]] in 1967. Namdar grew up in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]. Following the [[Iranian Revolution]] in 1979, her family moved to the [[United States]]. Namdar graduated from the [[University of California at Berkeley]] with a bachelor's degree in communications. She is fluent in [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Sindhi]] and has a considerable understanding of [[Urdu]]. |
She was born to [[Shia]] parents of Iranian origin, in [[Karachi]] in 1967. Namdar grew up in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]. Following the [[Iranian Revolution]] in 1979, her family moved to the [[United States]]. Namdar graduated from the [[University of California at Berkeley]] with a bachelor's degree in communications. She is fluent in [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Sindhi]] and has a considerable understanding of [[Urdu]]. |
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Asieh Namdar (born in 1965 in Karachi, Pakistan) is a Iranian-American journalist.[1] journalist and television presenter.
She was born to Shia parents of Iranian origin, in Karachi in 1967. Namdar grew up in Tehran, Iran. Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, her family moved to the United States. Namdar graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in communications. She is fluent in Persian and Sindhi and has a considerable understanding of Urdu.
Having joined CNN in 1989 as a video journalist, Asieh has held many positions, including producing her own segment, reporting on the Middle East conflict, and interviewing world leaders such as the late Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's former Prime Minister. In 2004, she traveled to Iran to report on the Bam earthquake.
In 2010, she wrote, directed and co-starred in her first documentary entitled: Mayra Pakistan (My Pakistan). In the documentary, she travels around Pakistan asking people of the political situations.[2]