Turki Aldakhil

Turki Aldakhil
Born	Turki Bin Abdullah Aldakhil (1973-07-02) 2 July 1973 Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Occupation	General Manager of Al Arabiya News Channel
Years active	1989–present
Children	3

Turki bin Abdullah Aldakhil (2 July 1973) is a Saudi journalist and media figure. He is currently the General Manager of Al Arabiya Television News Network in Dubai. He is also the owner of Al Mesbar Studies and Research Centre and Madarek Publishing House in Dubai, and was previously Political Correspondent for Radio MBC FM in Dubai and Radio Monte Carlo in Saudi Arabia.

Education

Aldakhil studied at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, in Saudi Arabia followed by a M.Sc. from Makased University in Beirut, Lebanon.

Work Experience

As a media specialist - his career in journalism having begun in 1989 - he is known throughout the region and internationally, as a TV anchor for Al-Arabiya News Channel’s award winning talk-show “Edaat” (إضاءات), and as a regular contributor of articles to a number of leading newspapers.

He participated in the following publications: Al-Riyadh, Okaz, Asharq Al-Awsat, Al Majalla, Al-Muslimun, 'Alim Al-Riyadh, and Majalla Al-Jeel. He also worked full-time as the Saudi Politics editor for Al-Hayat.

• Political correspondent for Radio Monte Carlo in Saudi Arabia. 1998-1997.
• Political correspondent for MBC FM. 1999.
• He joined MBC and then Al-Arabiya in 2003.

Aldakhil contributed to the establishment of UK-based Elaph Arabic-language news portal as well as the Al-Arabiya channel and its website, where he worked as general site administrator until 2007. He has written numerous books, notable among them "Memoirs of a Previously Obese Man" (ذكريات سمين سابق ), which chronicles his struggle to lose weight.

On January 31, 2015, MBC Group's Chairman Sheikh Waleed Al-Ibrahim announced the appointment of Turki Aldakhil as the new General Manager of Al Arabiya News Channel.

Awards

In 2007, 2010 and 2011 Arabian Business magazine placed Aldakhil among the most influential Arab figures, and in November 2012 ranked him 29th of the world’s 100 most powerful Saudi’s. In 2014, he received the America Abroad Media annual award for his role in supporting civil society, human rights and advancing women's role in Society in KSA and the Gulf.

References

• The information in this article is based on that in its Arabic equivalent.