Omar al-Issawi
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I am journalist, director, producer, and television personality.
Between 1994 and 1996 I was a reporter with the BBC Arabic World Service Television. On August 9th 1995 was shot and wounded while on assignment for the BBC. The incident took place in Krajina during the Bosnian war.
In 1996 I was one of the original staff recruited for the launch of Al Jazeera.
Documentaries: The 15-part The War of Lebanon which was commercially available as a DVD set with English and French subtitles and the 2008/2009 production A Tale of Revolution, a 13-part chronicle of the history of the Palestine Liberation Organization. No word on whether this set will see a commercial release although all episodes are available in Arabic on YouTube.
A 6-part English-language version began airing on Al Jazeera English on July 13, 2009 under the title PLO: History of a Revolution. The final episode was broadcast on August 17, 2009. I penned a "making of" article to go with the program.
I was the subject of an extensive article in the New Yorker magazine in April 2003. and was also featured in New York magazine , Newsweek as well as The Nation. He has also appeared on CNN and was a guest on the Larry King Show.
Al-Issawi has been an occasional analyst for Al Jazeera's English-language channel, commenting on Lebanese affairs, and has contributed to its website.
In 2009 the Guardian newspaper named al-Issawi as a "living national icon" of Lebanon.
In June 2011 I ended my 15-year association with Al Jazeera and Joined Human Rights Watch for several months as Director of Advocacy for the Middle East and North Africa region being based initially at the organization's New York headquarters.
I also worked as a senior news editor at the website of the COP18/CMP8 UN Climate Change Conference held in Doha, Qatar in November and December, 2012.
In January 2013 I joined Sky News Arabia , based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, as a senior news editor. On July 19, 2013 I was appointed Chief Editor Newsgathering, in charge of the Sky News Arabia news desk and foreign bureaus.
In January 2023 I was assigned to the pre-launch team at CNN Business Arabic in Dubai to oversee and ramp up visual production.
On 1 August 2023 I was made Head of Visual Production at CNN Business Arabic, ending my 10-year association with Sky News Arabia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Al_Issawi
I am journalist, director, producer, and television personality.
Between 1994 and 1996 I was a reporter with the BBC Arabic World Service Television. On August 9th 1995 was shot and wounded while on assignment for the BBC. The incident took place in Krajina during the Bosnian war.
In 1996 I was one of the original staff recruited for the launch of Al Jazeera.
Documentaries: The 15-part The War of Lebanon which was commercially available as a DVD set with English and French subtitles and the 2008/2009 production A Tale of Revolution, a 13-part chronicle of the history of the Palestine Liberation Organization. No word on whether this set will see a commercial release although all episodes are available in Arabic on YouTube.
A 6-part English-language version began airing on Al Jazeera English on July 13, 2009 under the title PLO: History of a Revolution. The final episode was broadcast on August 17, 2009. I penned a "making of" article to go with the program.
I was the subject of an extensive article in the New Yorker magazine in April 2003. and was also featured in New York magazine , Newsweek as well as The Nation. He has also appeared on CNN and was a guest on the Larry King Show.
Al-Issawi has been an occasional analyst for Al Jazeera's English-language channel, commenting on Lebanese affairs, and has contributed to its website.
In 2009 the Guardian newspaper named al-Issawi as a "living national icon" of Lebanon.
In June 2011 I ended my 15-year association with Al Jazeera and Joined Human Rights Watch for several months as Director of Advocacy for the Middle East and North Africa region being based initially at the organization's New York headquarters.
I also worked as a senior news editor at the website of the COP18/CMP8 UN Climate Change Conference held in Doha, Qatar in November and December, 2012.
In January 2013 I joined Sky News Arabia , based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, as a senior news editor. On July 19, 2013 I was appointed Chief Editor Newsgathering, in charge of the Sky News Arabia news desk and foreign bureaus.
In January 2023 I was assigned to the pre-launch team at CNN Business Arabic in Dubai to oversee and ramp up visual production.
On 1 August 2023 I was made Head of Visual Production at CNN Business Arabic, ending my 10-year association with Sky News Arabia.
COP18CMP8 - UN Climate Change Conference - Doha, Qatar. November/December 2012
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Abu Dhabi Film Commission Circle Conference - Abu Dhabi, UAE, 14 October 2010
 Interviewing Abul Abbas in Baghdad  Meeting Yasser Arafat |
 With the Emir of Qatar  Interview with Donald Rumsfeld at CENTCOM |
On air for Al Jazeera from CENTCOM during the invasion of Iraq
