Rageh Omaar

Birth Name:

Rageh Omaar

Birth Place:

Mogadishu, Somalia,

Profession

Writer

Won the Arab Media Watch Award in 2008 for excellence in journalism
Attended New College at the University of Oxford where he studied Modern History
His first job in journalism was as a trainee for a newspaper called "The Voice․"
Rose to prominence reporting from Iraq as a BBC world affairs correspondent
Started work for al-Jazeera English in 2006 and started hosting "Witness," the weekday documentary series
His second book, "Only Half of Me: Being a Muslim in Britain," was published by Viking in 2006
In 2005, his book "Revolution Day; The Real Story of the Battle for Iraq" was published

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