1. Zeinab Badawi is a Sudanese-British television and radio journalist, educator, civic activist, and writer.
20 Facts About Zeinab Badawi
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Zeinab Badawi was the first presenter of the ITV Morning News, and co-presented Channel 4 News with Jon Snow from 1989 to 1998 before joining BBC News.
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In 2021, Zeinab Badawi was appointed as president of SOAS University of London.
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Zeinab Badawi serves on several civic boards and published her first book, An African History of Africa, in 2024.
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Zeinab Badawi was born in October 1959 in Khartoum, Sudan, and has lived in Britain since the age of two.
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Zeinab Badawi's father, Mohammed-Khair El Zeinab Badawi, was a newspaper editor in Sudan committed to social reform who, when the family moved to the UK, joined the BBC's Arabic Service.
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Zeinab Badawi was educated at Hornsey High School for Girls in North London, before studying Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at St Hilda's College, Oxford.
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At Oxford, Zeinab Badawi was a member of the Oxford University Broadcasting Society.
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Zeinab Badawi co-presented Channel 4 News from 1989 until 1998 when she joined the BBC.
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At the BBC, Zeinab Badawi worked as presenter and reporter for Westminster live political programmes for five years.
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Zeinab Badawi worked on BBC Radio as a regular presenter of The World Tonight on Radio 4 and BBC World Service's Newshour.
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In 2005, Zeinab Badawi became the new presenter of The World on BBC Four, the UK's first daily news bulletin devoted principally to international news.
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Zeinab Badawi is a regular presenter of the BBC interview programme HARDtalk.
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Since 2010, in addition to her presenting role on BBC World News, Zeinab Badawi has presented on the BBC News Channel and the BBC News at Five.
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Zeinab Badawi was awarded an honorary doctorate by the School of Oriental and African Studies in July 2011.
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Since 2013, Zeinab Badawi has led an annual Nobel laureate discussion in connection with the Nobel festivities in Stockholm, Sweden.
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In 2017, Zeinab Badawi hosted a nine-part series, The History of Africa, based on UNESCO's General History of Africa.
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Zeinab Badawi is founder and chair of the Africa Medical Partnership Fund, a charity that aims to help local medical professionals in Africa.
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In October 2021, Zeinab Badawi was appointed as the new President of SOAS University of London.
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In November 2009, Zeinab Badawi was named International TV Personality of the Year in the Annual Media Awards, the international media excellence awards organised by the Association for International Broadcasting.