Jasim Al-Azzawi
Jasim Al-Azzawi was a presenter at Al Jazeera, where he presented a weekly show called “Inside Iraq.” The show tackled some of the most complex issues around Iraqi, American, and European foreign policy. Prior to joining Al Jazeera English, Al-Azzawi was an anchor for the main evening news at Abu Dhabi TV. He anchored and presented programs such as “Madar Al-Akhbar’ and “Muwajaha” In addition to numerous interviews with world and regional leaders, he covered the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, reported from ground zero in NYC following the 9/11 attacks. For two months following the Iraq invasion, he reported from Baghdad and hosted several town hall meetings, newscasts, and interviews. During his career has interviewed many Arab and Western leaders, including Gadhafi, Hariri, Boutafliqa, and Tony Blair. Since 2007 Jasim has been teaching several media courses at Aljazeera Media Institute including Talk Show presentation and “How to speak to the media”.