Zeina Yazigi

Syrian journalist, news agency reporter

Zeina Yazigi

Born|  (1975-04-02) 2 April 1975 (age 48)

Latakia, Syria

Nationality|  Syria
Education| Tishreen University
Lebanese American University
Occupation| Journalist
Years active| 1996–present
Spouse|

Abed Fahed [ar]

(m. 2002)​

Children| 2

Zeina Yazigi (Arabic: زينة يازجي) is a Syrian journalist, news agency reporter and television news anchor. She is now a news anchor at Asharq News.[1]

## Career[edit]

Yazigi was born on 2 April[2] 1975[3] in Latakia.[4] Her father was a doctor and her mother had studied at the Sorbonne in Paris.[5] Yazigi earned a BA in English Literature from Tishreen University in Latakia, and a degree in media from the Lebanese American University.

She started working for Reuters and then for the Associated Press in its Beirut bureau. Then, she became a reporter for CNBC in Syria. She, later, moved to Syrian Television as a presenter of political programs for a year and a half. She worked as an anchor for Al Arabiya starting from 2003. She presented the weekly political program Tahta Al-Daw (Under the Light) on Al Arabiya.[6] She left Al-Arabiya in 2011 as a result of the Syrian uprising, and joined Dubai TV where she produced and anchored the political talk show The Arab Street. Later on, she moved to Sky News Arabia where she produced and hosted the political talk show Bisaraha ('Frankly'),[7] until 2017.[8]

Yazigi is active in campaigning for refugees and has worked as a consultant for UNHCR.[9]

Yazigi was named one of the 100 Most Powerful Arab Women by Arabian Business magazine in 2013.[10]

In November 2020, Yazigi started working for the newly established Asharq News.[11]

## Personal life[edit]

She married the Syrian actor Abed Fahed [ar] in 2002; they have a daughter and a son.[12]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Zeina Yazigi, lead anchor at Asharq explains how the regional news channel intends to make a difference | Arab News".
2. ^ "Zeina Yazigi – Biography". Twitter.
3. ^ "زينة يازجي… السيرة الذاتية". zeinayazigi.me (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 1 May 2020.
4. ^ "زينة يازجي قريباً في برنامج كبير على قناة مهمة". Just Syrian (in Arabic). Retrieved 1 January 2018.
5. ^ "زينة يازجي: أريد أن أكون صوت الناس". alkhaleej.ae. 13 November 2015.
6. ^ "المذيعة زينة يازجي: لن أتخلى عن السياسة". Archived from the original on March 24, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2011. (in Arabic)
7. ^ "Zeina Yazigi – Presenter". World Government Summit. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
8. ^ "زينة يازجي خارج "سكاي نيوز عربية" وتوضح السبب". annahar.com (in Arabic). 27 April 2017.
9. ^ Anderson, Porter (20 September 2019). "The IPA Amman Seminar: Syria's Zeina Yazigi on Publishing and Refugees". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
10. ^ "100 Most Powerful Arab Women 2013: Zina Yazji". Arabian Business. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
11. ^ "Zeina Yazigi, lead anchor at Asharq explains how the regional news channel intends to make a difference". Arab News. 10 November 2020.
12. ^ "عابد يحتفل بعيد زواجه الـ 17 من زينة يازجي -بالصور". aljadeed.tv (in Arabic). 9 December 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Zeina Yazigi's official Facebook page

*[m.]: married