Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Mina Al-Oraibi is an Iraqi-British journalist & political analyst focused on Middle East events.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Mina was born in Sweden and raised in many places – Australia, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia before her family moved to the United Kingdom.
- Parents : Her father, Muhaimen Al-Oraibi, was an Iraqi diplomat who served as Ambassador all over the world, from Poland to North Korea, and the U.K.
- As a child, Mina’s family was forced into exile due to regime changes out of her family’s control.
- She graduated with distinction from the University College in London with an M.A. in History.
- Mina speaks Arabic and English fluently & enjoys travelling and writing. She is also a prolific reader with more than 300 volumes in her personal library!
- She loves books by Benedict Anderson, Samir El-Youssef, Ernest Hemingway, Carl Bernstein, and Bob Woodward and counts them as some of her most favourite English writers.
- She considers herself a loyal Briton who also enjoys “a multitude of identities rooted in values like understanding, respect, and kindness.”
Awards and Achievements :
- Mina Al-Oraibi was once named as a “World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.”
- The Foreign Policy Magazine named her as one of the Top 100 Twitterati on foreign policy.
- Al-Oraibi has also received such honors as a 2015 Yale World Fellow and is a Senior Fellow for the Institute for State Effectiveness.
- She is also a member of the Global Agenda Council on Middle East and The International Media Council, and a trustee of the American University of Iraq-Sulimania.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Mina frequently contributes to Dateline London and the BBC Weekend Program for World Service, and is a sought-out commentator on international broadcast outlets.
- Mina was the Washington D.C. bureau chief and Assistant Editor in Chief of Asharq Al-Awsat, the daily pan-Arab international newspaper.
- Al-Oraibi is also the Editor in Chief at “The National,” a role she finds exciting and challenging and which allows her to focus her work on specialized topics such as Iraq, Anglo-American relations, and refugees. At The National, she likes to focus on international and Middle Eastern events with solid reporting and poignant dignity.
- She reported on the development of the US response to Arab uprisings in 2011, geopolitics and foreign policy related to Northern Africa and the Middle East, and the Geneva discussions related to Syria.
Fun Facts, Height and Trivia :
- In a recent tongue-in-cheek interview, she suggested, that if she could issue a new Arab “fatwa,” it would be “banning clerics from engaging in politics and banning politicians from using religion.”
- One of the things she would like to do is ‘to hang out with Angela Merkel’ at her favourite restaurant – Blue Fig in Amman, Jordan.
- Al Oraibi was a Special Advisor of Media for the Global Dignity Day in 2009, helping to raise awareness and increase the dignity of every human being through inspiration and leadership on a macro and micro level.
- Knowing the plight of refugees from multiple African and Middle East countries, she encourages leaders to be responsible with their policies and not play havoc with refugees’ lives.
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Acabo de ver su intervención en bbc world news. Brillante!. Gracias por esa claridad
Superb journalist and woman. Just seen her on BBC 24 hour news.