Mah-Rukh Ali (

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: ماہ رخ علی, born 1 January 1982) is a Norwegian journalist and

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. Mah-Rukh Ali was born and raised in

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, of Pakistani parents, with three brothers. As a 14-year-old, she wrote the book ''Den sure virkeligheten'' (lit. "The Sour Reality"), released in 1996. The book elaborates on growing up in the west end of Oslo, Norway as a

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girl and about feeling Norwegian but being treated differently. She received several racist letters and threats in reaction to the book.Ida Beate Klokk (23 July 2010)
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, retrieved 1 June 2013 She was invited to write a column in ''

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'' after that. She then took a BA degree in

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from 2000 to 2002, and studied journalism at

Volda University College Volda University College ( or HVO) is one of the no-tuition state institutions in the system of higher education in Norway. It is located in Volda in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. History HVO was established on 1 August 1994, when the Mør ...

from 2002 to 2004. Ali started her career in the NRK radio news in 2003, and later came to work as a reporter for

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, NRK's main news broadcast, in autumn 2005. She was sent as a reporter for the NRK to the earthquake-struck areas of Pakistan during autumn 2005. She has also worked for the daily newspapers ''

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'' and ''

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''. Of

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i ancestry, in 2006 she became the first news presenter of foreign heritage in a nationwide news broadcast for the

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(NRK). During autumn 2006 she was employed by TV 2, and on 15 January 2007 she co-hosted the first regular broadcast of

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alongside

Terje Svabø Terje Svabø (born 4 October 1952) is a Norwegian journalist. Svabø has worked at ''Aftenposten'', '' VG'' and NRK evening news, where he hosted the debate programs ''Debatt 21'' (Debate 21) and ''Til debatt'' (). In 2000 he left NRK and joined ...

. In 2010, she became a news anchor for the main station TV2; being 28 years old, she was the station's youngest news anchor. In October 2015, she published the book ''Trusselen fra IS'' (The threat from IS).

Personal life

Mah-Rukh Ali is divorced and has a daughter.TV 2-Mah-Rukh er blitt alenemor

, 8 November 2012; retrieved 1 June 2013

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Mah-Rukh 1982 births Living people Writers from Oslo Norwegian people of Pakistani descent Norwegian Muslims Volda University College alumni Aftenposten people Dagbladet people Norwegian television news anchors NRK people TV 2 (Norway) people