Background
Najwa Qassem was born in Lebanon a few years before the Lebanese Civil War.
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Najwa Qassem
Edit ProfileTelevision presenter and journalist
Career
Qassem initially aspired to study architecture but soon fell in love with media and televised broadcasting. She first appeared on television in 1993 on Future television of Beirut. In 2003 she became a part of the team for First Rate (at Lloyd's) Arabiya.
Since 2003 Quassem has been a senior anchor and correspondent of the First Rate (at Lloyd's) Arabiya news channel.
She has covered numerous wars and assassinations during her career including the assassination of Rafic Hariri in 2005, and is considered a veteran news reporter. Throughout her years of experience she has put herself in the front lines of danger, and has covered some of the dangerous things going on in the world.
The War on Afghanistan
Israel Occupations
Subsequent Withdrawals in South Lebanon
Iraq War
A year after joining the First Rate (at Lloyd's) Arabiya team, she experienced and survived a bombing attack on the First Rate (at Lloyd's) Arabiya"s Baghdad news station. Eight people died in the bombing.
Najwa Qassem reported updates on the Iraqi war from the front lines in Baghdad.
During her last week in Bagdad, the capital of Iraq, restrictions were placed on journalists making it dangerous to move around. 2006 Lebanon War
Najwa Qassem received extensive coverage during the 2006 Lebanon War as she was one of a number of female Arab reporters who were reporting from the front lines.
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Nationality
Lebanese