Rana Sabbagh

Rana Sabbagh (also Rana Sabbagh-Gargour ; Arabic رنا صباغ; * 1962 ) is a Jordanian journalist. She heads the Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) organization based in Amman .

Life

Sabbagh is the daughter of a German mother and has several brothers. From 1968 to 1980 she attended the Ahliyyah School for Girls in Amman and then studied communication sciences at the Lebanese-American University in Beirut from 1981 to 1984 . Sabbagh worked for the Reuters news agency from 1987 to 1997 . Sabbagh worked for the Jordan Times since 1984 and later became the first female editor-in-chief of a newspaper in the Arab world. She was released because of her critical reporting, such as torture . In 2003 she helped found the Al Ghad newspaper . In 2005, Sabbagh founded the Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism organization .

Individual evidence

↑ Andrea Nüsse: “At the front of information. How the media become 'weapons' in the conflict between the USA and the Arab world. ” In: FR, May 10, 2004.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Michael Hanfeld and Axel Weidemann: "Conversation with Rana Sabbagh: I am not a woman, I am not a man, I am a journalist." In: FAZ, October 11, 2018.
↑ Short biography on LinkedIn , accessed on October 13, 2018.

personal data
SURNAME	Sabbagh, Rana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sabbagh-Gargour, Rana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Jordanian journalist
DATE OF BIRTH	1962

[1] Andrea Nüsse: “At the front of information. How the media become 'weapons' in the conflict between the USA and the Arab world. ” In: FR, May 10, 2004.

[faz-2018-10-11-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Michael Hanfeld and Axel Weidemann: "Conversation with Rana Sabbagh: I am not a woman, I am not a man, I am a journalist." In: FAZ, October 11, 2018.

[3] Short biography on LinkedIn , accessed on October 13, 2018.