Mayssoun Azzam

Mayssoun Azzam is a political anchor and news presenter based in Dubai and working for Al Arabiya News Channel since 2003. During her seven years experience in Al Arabiya, Mayssoun anchored for three years a two hours weekly talk show (mashahed wa ara’ or Chat on Doc), interviewed high profile guests (such as Tony Blair, Salam Fayyad among others), in addition to field reporting and an embedded reporter with International Activists from a war zone in Palestine.

Mayssoun Azzam

Al Arabiya was the media sponsor for the Palestinian first investment conference held in Bait Lahem, and she was chosen to MC the inauguration which included keynote speakers like President Mahmoud Abbas among others.

Believing in the importance of supporting woman in all fields, she produced eleven episodes about the obstacles facing pregnant women at work.^[1] She broke the classic image of Arab news presenters and shared the ups and downs she went through as a working pregnant presenter.

References

1. ^ "Up Close and Personal with Mayssoun Azzam". Al Bawaba. 9 August 2005. http://www.albawaba.com/news/close-and-personal-mayssoun-azzam. Retrieved 21 September 2011.