Arwa Damon

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Nic Robertson , Tony Maddox , Arwa Damon, Ivan Watson and Anderson Cooper at the Peabody Awards ceremony in May 2012

Arwa Damon (born September 19, 1977 in Boston ) is an American journalist. She has been with CNN since 2006 and has headed the CNN office in Beirut since 2010 and reports as a correspondent from Lebanon and the Arab region .

Life

Damon is appointed by CNN as an expert on reports from Iraq.

In 2011 she reported on the protests in the Arab world , in particular the revolution in Egypt and the civil war in Libya . Before joining CNN, she worked as a freelancer for various news organizations in the Middle East for three years .

She studied French and Biology with a minor in International Relations . After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 , she decided to plan a career outside of her majors.

She grew up in Morocco and Turkey and speaks English, Arabic , French and Turkish .

Arwa Damon is a co-founder of INARA , a humanitarian, non-profit, non-governmental aid organization for Syrian children injured in the war.

year description
2003 - 2006 She was for CameraPlanet (a content provider for news channels) in the Third Gulf War
2003-2010 In the Iraq war for CNN
2010 Coverage of the Arab Spring
2011 - today Reporting on the civil war in Syria since 2011
2012 Libya - Bengazi incident
2013 Democratic Republic of the Congo - Feature about poaching in Odzala National Park
2014 Reports of mass kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls in 2014 by Boko Haram in Nigeria
2014 - today Syria - International Alliance against the Islamic State
2016 Iraq - Battle of Mosul
2018 Thailand - Rescue operation in the Tham Luang Cave
2018 She accompanied a crew on a Greenpeace ship to Antarctica
2018 She is currently reporting from Turkey
2019 She traveled to Kathmandu in Nepal to report on an accumulation of deaths among Mount Everest climbers.
2019 In 2019 she traveled again with Greenpeace, this time to the Arctic to report on the significant melting of the poles and their special significance for the ecosystem of the entire earth.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Biography on Celebseek.com; accessed on August 5, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.celebseek.com
  2. ↑ International Observations And Updates. (No longer available online.) CNN Observations, October 26, 2010, archived from the original on April 14, 2011 ; Retrieved March 18, 2011 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Anchors & Reporters. Arwa Damon. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 18, 2011 ; Retrieved March 18, 2011 (English).
  4. ↑ Paul Post: CNN correspondent, Skidmore alum depicts experiences abroad. (No longer available online.) The Saratogian, June 2, 2009, archived from the original on April 14, 2011 ; Retrieved March 18, 2011 (English).
  5. ↑ INARA - Board members ( English ) Retrieved on 31 August 2018th
  6. ↑ Arwa Damon: How the Antarctic is helping combat climate change ( English ) August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  7. ↑ Arwa Damon: Nepal's government considers permit restrictions after rash of Everest deaths ( English ) In: www.cnn.com . May 28, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  8. ↑ Arwa Damon: Climber: Everest trek was 'race for life' ( English ) In: www.cnn.com . May 28, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  9. ↑ Arwa Damon, video and photos by Brice Laine: Arctic melt: Threat beneath the ice ( English ) In: www.cnn.com . June 8, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Damon, Arwa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 19th September 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston