Nahlah Ayed Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for two Gemini Awards, first for her coverage of Baghdad when the city fell in 2003 and again for the Iran presidential elections in 2009
• Was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Manitoba in 2008
• Graduated from Carleton University with a degree in Journalism and from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor's in Genetics and a Master's in Interdisciplinary Studies
• Worked as a parliamentary reporter for The Canadian Press
• Quote: "(On "A Thousand Farewells"): "It was my attempt at putting all my reporting [in the Middle East] into one coherent narrative․․․it is a book that once had a much more somber ending - that was before the Arab Spring․""
• Best known as a foreign correspondent for the CBC who primarily reports on the Middle East
• Is the author of the memoir "A Thousand Farewells," which explores her life as a reporter in the Middle East
• In addition to the Middle East, she has reported from places like India, Kenya, Haiti, and many locations in Europe