Zeina Yazigi () is a Syrian journalist, news agency reporter and television

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. She is now a news anchor at

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Career

Yazigi was born on 2 April 1975 in

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. Her father was a doctor and her mother had studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. Yazigi earned a BA in

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from

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in Latakia, and a degree in media from the

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. She started working for

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and then for

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in its

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bureau. Then, she became a reporter for

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in Syria. She, later, moved to

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as a presenter of political programs for a year and a half. She worked as an anchor for

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starting from 2003. She presented the weekly political program ''Tahta Al-Daw'' (''Under the Light'') on Al Arabiya. She left

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in 2011 as a result of the Syrian uprising, and joined

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where she produced and anchored the political talk show ''The Arab Street''. Later on, she moved to

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where she produced and hosted the political talk show ('Frankly'), until 2017. Yazigi is active in campaigning for refugees and has worked as a consultant for

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. Yazigi was named one of the 100 Most Powerful Arab Women by ''

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'' magazine in 2013. In November 2020, Yazigi started working for the newly established Asharq News.

Personal life

She married the Syrian actor in 2002; they have a daughter and a son.

References

External links

Zeina Yazigi's official Facebook page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yazigi, Zeina 1975 births Living people Syrian women journalists 20th-century Syrian writers 21st-century Syrian writers Syrian journalists Syrian Christians Al Arabiya people Lebanese American University alumni Latakia University alumni People from Latakia 20th-century Syrian women writers 21st-century Syrian women writers