Rageh omaar on BBC Question Time (Part1)

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Born in the Somali capital Mogadishu, Omaar is a son of a wealthy Isaaq businessman from the north of Somalia (. His family were originally from Hargeisa, in the Republic of Somaliland. Omaar came to Britain when he was 6. He was educated at two independent schools: at the Dragon School in Oxford, Oxfordshire and Cheltenham College in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, before reading Modern History at New College at the University of Oxford. His career highlights include reporting live from war-torn Somalia and Iraq.

He began his journalistic career as a trainee for The Voice newspaper, and in 1991 he moved to Ethiopia where he freelanced as a foreign correspondent, working mainly for the BBC World Service. A year later, he returned to London to work as a producer and broadcast journalist for the BBC. He moved to South Africa after being appointed the BBC's Africa correspondent - his wife and children were based there through 2004, and his regular commuting made domestic life difficult.

Career: Rageh Omaar established himself as an internationally recognised journalist when he reported for the BBC during the American led invasion of Iraq.

It was during this time that he was nicknamed the "Scud Stud" by the New York Post.

Since leaving the BBC he has presented a number of documentaries and written two books. He joined the new english channel Al Jazeera international.Rageh Omaar presents the channel's daily documentary strand Witness. The programme gives voice to actual witnesses of global affairs, featuring human stories made by storytellers from all walks of life, together with expert analysis, interviews and in-depth discussion. Content is also gathered from the channel's broadcast centres and draws on a new breed of video journalists reaching parts of the world often ignored. Witness also brings together the best documentaries from around the world, and allows air time for access-driven video journalists.

Born in Somalian capital Mogadishu, Omaar is a son of a wealthy Isaaq businessman from the north of Somalia. His family were originally from Hargeisa in the unrecognized Republic of Somaliland. Omaar came to Britain when he was 6. He was educated at two independent schools: at the Dragon School in Oxford, Oxfordshire and Cheltenham College in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, before reading Modern History at New College at the University of Oxford. His career highlights include reporting live from war-torn Somalia and Iraq.

He began his journalistic career as a trainee for The Voice newspaper, and in 1991 he moved to Ethiopia where he freelanced as a foreign correspondent, working mainly for the BBC World Service. A year later, he returned to London to work as a producer and broadcast journalist for the BBC. He moved to South Africa after being appointed the BBC's Africa correspondent - his wife and children were based there through 2004, and his regular commuting made domestic life difficult [1]

During his coverage of the Iraq war, almost 90% of the population watched him on either the weekday BBC news bulletins, or on News 24. Many of his broadcasts were syndicated across the U.S., where the Washington Post labelled him the Scud Stud. He has written a book about his time as the BBC's Iraq correspondent called Revolution Day. The book deals with the effects of the Saddam Hussein regime, UN sanctions and the Iraq War on Iraqi civilians.

He is the recipient of an EMMA (Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy) award for the best media correspondent[2].

He is now a Middle Eastern correspondent for the UK Broadcasting Division of Al Jazeera News.

Personal life
In 2000 he married Georgiana Rose "Nina" Montgomery-Cuninghame, the daughter of Sir John Montgomery-Cuninghame of Corsehill, Bt. They live in Chiswick, West London, with their children Loula, 5, and Sami, 3 (ages as of February 2006)

Well Done Rageh, proud to be British and Somali.

www.myspace.com/ragehomaar

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[nsgunner]

The winners of the 16th annual Amnesty International UK Media Awards, sponsored by PCI:Fitch, will be announced at a ceremony at the Café Royal, London, on Wednesday 4 July, hosted by Al Jazeera English presenter and writer Rageh Omaar.

[nsgunner]

Film Show and Q&A with Rageh Omaar

Plus Paul Sapin (Director) Ziba Mir Hosseini (London Middle East Institute) Elaheh Rostami Povey (School of Oriental and African Studies)

7pm, Thursday 14th June

London Irish Centre, 52 Camden Square (off Camden Road), London, NW1 9XB.

Near Camden Road BR, Camden Town tube

[nsgunner]

John Major and Rageh Omaar Headline Countrybookshop Peak Spring Festival.

[nsgunner]

Rooraaye, walaalo Somaliland fulfils the criteria of statehood according to Article 1 of the 1933 Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of State: Somaliland has a permanent population; a defined territory (the former British Somaliland) with clear international boundaries of which it has an effective control; a democratic government, and a capacity to enter into relations with other states.

[nsgunner]

I was born in Somaliland, the self-declared republic in the north of Somalia, where my relatives still live.

A couple of miles outside the capital Hargeisa is a vast and flat savannah landscape that still belongs to nomads who herd camels and goats.

[nsgunner]

This World: Slave Children with Rageh Omaar will be broadcast on Monday, 26 March, 2007 at 2100 BST on BBC Two.

[RepublicanStones]

fair play to rageh....he is a seeker of righteousness and truth. I am a christian, but i have no beef whatsoever with Islam, i do have a beef with the way western countries abuse the powerful positions they have at the world table, and prop up despot regimes such as the one currently in the house of saud, or kuwait....but yet because they are puppets of the west we hear nothing of their brutality !

[missgarowe]

Rage Omar is a legend who are rightteousness and truth. I am proud of him.

[sajokal20]

machallaaah , he remind me Malcom X and his courage ! Good luck , Ragueh Omar , he is a very clever somali journalist !

[vinnieg100]

Rageh omaar rocks.

[sirmaqabe13]

rageh,s brother is somali wayn deplomat. wasiir dowlada soomaliwayn kamida weeye.

[Abdikareem0]

@mowgly3000 Why because he's a successful journalist and you're not?

[mowgly3000]

I think Rageh is a bag of retard

[ajhersi]

the dude besides rageh is a complete moron!!! and the rest of the panel rageh has more experience cause he was there before after and inbetween the war, ignorant and arrogant people

[TheLibaax]

bravo my cousin rageh

[ali27may]

rageh omaar hargaysa boy somaliland

[desirejoseph26]

rageh is an amazing journalist and great speaker too!

[TheFact1983]

i love you rageh, flippin inspirational man!