19 Facts About Ali Jaber

Ali Jaber was born on 1961 and is a Lebanese journalist, media consultant, TV personality and the Group TV Director of MBC, the Arab world's largest satellite broadcaster.

Mr Jaber completed a bachelor's degree in business administration at the American University of Beirut in 1984 before going on to earn a master's degree in communications at Syracuse University in the US in 1986.

In 2008, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum instructed Ali Jaber to set up a Communication School at the American University in Dubai.

In July 2008 Ali Jaber was named Dean of Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Communication and this year MBRSC graduates fifty students with degrees in Journalism and Digital Storytelling.

Ali Jaber serves on the Board of Directors of two non-governmental organizations: Clinton Global Initiative and Young Arab Leaders.

Ali Jaber was selected to the list of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the world by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, an independent non-governmental research entity.

Ali Jaber was invited to be a speaker at the September 2011 TEDxBeirut conference for inspirational leaders.

Ali Jaber's address was about the official launch of The Global Classroom which he had established at the American University in Dubai in partnership with the US company Cisco.

Ali Jaber was later asked to set up Future TV, a privately owned pan-Arab television station Hariri's television network, which is still in operation.

Ali Jaber is group TV director of MBC since September 2011.

Ali Jaber is in charge of MBC's 13 television channels, including MBC MASR which started broadcasting November 9,2012.

Ali Jaber serves as a celebrity judge on MBC's Arabs Got Talent.

Ali Jaber's judgements have had critics to liken him to Simon Cowell.

Ali Jaber became a household name due to the widespread popularity of the show in the region.

Ali Jaber was a journalist covering the war in Lebanon and Iraq between the years 1987 to 1999.

Ali Jaber was the correspondent of The New York Times and The Times of London between 1989 and 1994, and Chief Correspondent for Lebanon and Syria for the German Press Agency from 1987 to 1999.

Ali Jaber completed a master's degree in public relations at Syracuse University in the US in 1986 and a bachelor's degree in business administration at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, in 1984.

Ali Jaber is currently studying for a PhD in management practices in Arab satellite televisions, at Cambridge University.

Ali Jaber has been a volunteer from many years with the Lebanese association of the mentally handicapped children and is currently an ambassador for SANAD, a home hospice association in Lebanon.