MIT World Speakers

Zeinab Badawi

Badawi has been in broadcasting for nearly two decades. She co-presented Channel 4 News for nearly 10 years (1989 to 1998). She joined the BBC and worked on live political programs for five years. She worked extensively abroad as a reporter in Africa, the Middle East and Europe. She has also worked in radio - regularly presenting The World Tonight on Radio 4 and BBC World's Newshour.

She is Chair of the Africa Medical Partnership, AfriMed; a board member of the British Council; a trustee of the BBC World Service Trust; a member of the advisory board of the Centre for Contemporary British History; a member of the Public Diplomacy Strategy Board (FCO committee); and a Vice-President of the United Nations Association.

Badawi is an Oxford graduate in politics and economics with a post-graduate degree on the Middle East from London University (awarded with a distinction).