First ever Arab takes the lead on BBC's Arabic news
The British Broadcasting Corporation, the world's biggest public broadcaster, has for the first time chosen an Arab to head its Arabic news service, the 42-year-old appointee, Hosam Sokkari said. After graduating from Cairo university with a degree in pharmacy, Sokkari decided on a career in journalism, working first as a cartoonist in Egypt, Germany and Finland. He began working for the BBC in 1994 as a presenter and producer in the Arabic division before moving for a few months to the Dubai-based broadcaster Al-Jazeera in 1996. Three years after returning to the corporation, Sokkari was chosen to run the BBC's Arabic internet operation becoming an award-winning editor of BBCArabic.com.
Source: AFP
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