Octavia Nasr was born on 13 March 1966 and is a Lebanese-American Rhetoric scholar and author whose research focuses on Yoga's identity and ethical code and how they apply to journalism and other fields.
11 Facts About Octavia Nasr
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Octavia Nasr is a certified yoga instructor who teaches in the US and India.
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Octavia Nasr was a war correspondent for Lebanon's LBCI in the 1980s.
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Octavia Nasr served in various positions at CNN for twenty years until her departure in 2010 following a controversial Twitter posting related to cleric Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah.
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Octavia Nasr completed her master's degree at Georgia State University in 2022.
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Octavia Nasr founded Bridges Media Consulting in 2010 after her departure from CNN.
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For more than 20 years, Octavia Nasr covered major stories involving the Middle East, as an on-air and off-air expert for CNN's global platforms.
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Octavia Nasr received the Edward R Murrow for Continuing Coverage of the 2006 war in Lebanon.
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Octavia Nasr is the recipient of the 2006 Excellence in Journalism award from the Lebanese-American Chamber of Commerce and was awarded CNN World Report's 2003 Achievement Award.
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Octavia Nasr fell victim of an astroturfing attack for this perceived show of sympathy and support for Hezbollah amid claims that her stated position was incompatible with her role at CNN as editor of news on the Middle East.
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Octavia Nasr warned Muslim men that abuse of women was against Islam.