Zeinab Badawi
Zeinab Badawi | |
|---|---|
زينب بدوي | |
Badawi at Nobel Week Dialogue in Stockholm, 2016 | |
| Born | Zeinab Mohammed-Khair Badawi 3 October 1959 |
| Education | St Hilda's College, Oxford (BA) SOAS, University of London (MA) |
| Occupations |
|
| Employer | BBC |
| Notable credit(s) | World News Today with Zeinab Badawi HARDtalk GMT BBC News at Five |
| Spouse |
David Crook
(m. 1991, divorced) |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Babikr Bedri (great-grandfather) |
Zeinab Mohammed-Khair Badawi (Arabic: زينب محمد-خير بدوي; born 3 October 1959) is a Sudanese-British television and radio journalist, educator, civic activist, and writer. She was the first presenter of the ITV Morning News (later known as ITV News at 5:30), and co-presented Channel 4 News with Jon Snow from 1989 to 1998 before joining BBC News. Badawi was the presenter of World News Today broadcast on both BBC Four and BBC World News, and Reporters, a weekly showcase of reports from the BBC. In 2021, Badawi was appointed as president of SOAS University of London. Badawi serves on several civic boards and published her first book, An African History of Africa, in 2024.