Rola Bahnam () or often spelt ''Rula Bahnam'', is a Lebanese TV presenter of an Iraqi descent. She is mostly known for working in

Future TV Future Television (, ''Televizyon al-Mustaqbal'') was a Lebanese free-to-air television station founded in 1993 by the Future Movement leader Rafic Hariri, a former Prime Minister of Lebanon. Future TV was also available via satellite in the Ar ...

and now presenting the TV Show "Isma Wi Naseeb" "Perfect Bride" on

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. Rola was born to an Iraqi father and Lebanese mother, and in a recent interview with Shada Hassoun, she stated she was from

Mosul Mosul ( ; , , ; ; ; ) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. It is the second largest city in Iraq overall after the capital Baghdad. Situated on the banks of Tigris, the city encloses the ruins of the ...

. According to Lebanese news sources, Rola Bahnam is the owner of a property in the coastal town

Amsheet Amsheet (, '; also spelled Amchit) is a seaside town and municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon, about 40 km north of Beirut. The town's average elevation is 140 meters above sea level and its total land a ...

being built over a protected seal cave since 2022. The legally contested and publicly protested construction is accused to damage the integrity of the cave threatening the maritime life inhabiting it. Construction continues despite the protests and contested legality of the project.

Career

Bahnam worked as a model and participated once with the Lebanese girl band, The 4 Cats in their first song, "Aachra, Hdaach, Tnaach", after which she left the team in 1998.. She began her career in 1998 on

through "Elite Model Look", a Tv program for discovering fashion models and represented more like "Open Night" with Rima Karaki and

Rima Maktabi Rima Maktabi (born 4 July 1977) () is a Lebanese TV presenter and award-winning journalist who returned to al-Arabiya after hosting CNN's monthly program ''Inside the Middle East'' for two years and previously working at the Arab satellite ch ...

, then "Fashion", after which "Rola On Air", and "Song Number One" in 2004. After a long absence from television, she returned with the TV program "Qisma W Naseeb" and hosted its first season on the screen of

in 2007 then "Design Magazine" program specialized in the world of architecture and designs on the Abu Dhabi Channel in 2010.

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Iraqi television personalities Iraqi television presenters Lebanese television presenters Lebanese women television presenters Iraqi women television presenters People from Mosul Lebanese people of Iraqi descent Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom {{Lebanon-bio-stub