Zeina Awad

Zeina Awad
Born	Zeina Awad July 13
Occupation(s)	Journalist, Al Jazeera English
Website	http://www.zeinaawad.com/

Zeina Awad co-hosts Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English’s flagship current affairs programme about the Americas. Zeina’s Fault Lines coverage brought her to India where she reported on US Pharmaceutical companies conducting clinical research abroad. She also traveled to Puerto Rico, projected to be the world’s slowest growing economy, to analyze the economic policies imposed on its people. She rounds out this season's coverage with an exploration of the growing gap between the wealthiest 1% of Americans and the rest of society.

Prior to joining the Fault Lines team, Zeina was based in the Middle East and traveled throughout the region extensively, covering stories ranging from the Gaza war to Lebanon’s violent unrest. Zeina’s reporting also brought her to Africa, where her coverage spans the continent and focuses on issues such as the Darfur conflict and the Zimbabwean exodus. She has reported from Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, South Africa, Kenya, Morocco, Algeria, Canada, the US and India. Zeina has interviewed numerous world leaders, including former Nigerian President Obasanjo, Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, veteran Lebanese politician Walid Jumblatt and members of the US Congress, as well as Arab and African ministers.

Before joining Al Jazeera, Zeina sharpened her journalistic skills as a producer at the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Zeina’s passion for politics and news predates her career as a news and current affairs journalist--she holds a Master’s Degree in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics.

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Fault Lines Episodes

• Outsourced: Clinical Trials Overseas
• Puerto Rico: The Fiscal Experiment
• The Top 1%

News and Current Affairs Reports

MIDDLE EAST

• Gazans Fleeced in Investment Scam
• Gilad Shalit: Bargaining Chip
• West Bank Bedouins Fight Road Construction
• Amnesty International Investigates War Crimes in Gaza
• Half of Gazas Need Psychological Help to Cope with the War
• Al Jazeera English exclusive interview with former Palestinian Prime Minister and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Part I | Ismail Haniyeh, Part II
• The Religious-Secular Conflict in Israel
• Discord in Lebanon Over Hariri's Re-nomination
• Lebanese Case Tests Nationality Laws
• Migrant Workers Face Abuse in Lebanon
• Lebanon Marks Three Years Since Israel War
• Palestinian Orchestra Plays Lebanese Festival

AFRICA

• Kenya Evangelists Exploit the Sick
• Kenya's Televangelism 'Empire'
• A Simple Idea Changing Kenyan Lives
• Bomb Blasts Claim Six During Kenyan Prayer Rally
• World Cup Screenings Promote HIV Awareness
• Sudan Parties Sign Darfur Truce Deal
• South Africa Mourns Miriam Makeba
• Moroccan Diary, Part I | Moroccan Diary, Part II
• Sahrawi
• Zimbabwe: Crossing Over, Part I | Zimbabwe: Crossing Over, Part II

THE AMERICAS

• Canada Probes Use of Toxic Chemical
• Battle for Minority Vote in Canada
• Palestinians 'Disappointed' by Obama
• US Iranian's Republican Support