10 Facts About Rawya Rageh

Rawya Rageh is an Egyptian journalist and Senior Crisis Adviser for Amnesty International based in New York City.

Rawya Rageh was previously a broadcast journalist known for her in-depth coverage of notable stories across the Middle East and Africa, including the Iraq War, the Darfur crisis in Sudan, the Saddam Hussein trial, the Arab Spring, and the Boko Haram conflict in Northern Nigeria.

Rawya Rageh began her journalism career as an intern for the Associated Press News Agency while still a student at the American University in Cairo.

Rawya Rageh provided reporting from Egypt, the United States, Iraq, Sudan, Kenya, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates for several large-scale stories including Egypt's role in the US lead "War on Terror", the Iraq War, the trial of Saddam Hussein, and the war in Darfur.

Rawya Rageh completed her Masters of Journalism in 2006 at the Ivy League Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York, with an emphasis on broadcast journalism.

Rawya Rageh was recruited by the newly formed 24-hour news network Al Jazeera English, and began work as a producer for the channel for its launch in November 2006.

Rawya Rageh began to regularly appear on-air by 2008, reporting on stories such as attacks in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, and the 2008 Egyptian general strike in Mahalla.

On 25 January 2011, Rawya Rageh was the sole Al Jazeera English reporter on the ground to cover the protests during what was the start of the Egyptian revolution of 2011.

Rawya Rageh continued to cover the tumultuous post-revolutionary period in Egypt for the network until 2013.

On 17 October 2016 Rawya Rageh announced via Twitter she had joined Amnesty International as a Senior Crisis Adviser investigating human rights abuses in emergencies.