Hala Gorani previously anchored CNN's Hala Gorani Tonight weeknights at 8 pm CET.
18 Facts About Hala Gorani
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Since February 2022, Hala Gorani has been a special war anchor based in Lviv, in western Ukraine during the Russian invasion.
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Hala Gorani graduated from the Institut d'etudes politiques in Paris in 1995.
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Hala Gorani began her career as a reporter for La Voix du Nord and Agence France-Presse before joining France 3 in 1994.
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Hala Gorani has since reported from every country in the Middle East.
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In November 2005, Hala Gorani was one of the first television reporters on the ground in Amman, Jordan after Al Qaeda suicide bombers attacked two hotels.
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Hala Gorani was one of the CNN journalists awarded a News and Documentary Emmy for the network's coverage of the 2011 Egyptian revolution that led to the ouster of the country's then president, Hosni Mubarak.
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Hala Gorani covered the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake, for which CNN's coverage was recognized with a Golden Nymph award, one of the highest honors in international journalism, at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival that year.
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Hala Gorani previously reported extensively from Jordan and Egypt, and her coverage of the Arab Spring helped CNN win a Peabody Award in 2012.
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Hala Gorani formerly hosted Inside the Middle East on CNN International, the monthly show featuring stories on the most important social, political and cultural issues in the region.
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Hala Gorani has interviewed Jimmy Carter, Tony Blair, Amr Moussa, Rafik Hariri, Saeb Erakat, Nouri al-Maliki, Ehud Barak, the Dalai Lama, Shimon Peres and Carla Bruni, among others.
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Hala Gorani avoids discussing her political and religious views, citing the need for professional neutrality.
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In May 2015, Hala Gorani was awarded an honorary doctorate by George Mason University and delivered the commencement address to that year's graduating students.
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In 2018, Hala Gorani was nominated for another News and Documentary Emmy for Outstanding Breaking News Coverage, Manchester Concert Attack.
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Hala Gorani advised the students to cultivate their differences and from them the students will find their strength.
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Hala Gorani considers Paris her home, which is where her mother resides.
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Hala Gorani married German CNN photojournalist Christian Streib on June 14,2015, in Jardin Majorelle, Morocco.
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Hala Gorani has a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dog named Louis Hala Gorani Streib that appears with her and her husband frequently on her Instagram account.