Winner of AIB award for International Radio Personality of the Year,2014, Shaimaa Khalil is a broadcast journalist and an Australian Correspondent at BBC News.
Who is Shaimaa Khalil?
AIB Award for International Radio Personality of the Year. Shaima Khalil is a broadcast journalist, working as an Australian Correspondent at BBC since 2019.
Shaimaa Khalil is an Egytian-British news reporter. She was born in Egypt.
She has given more than 10 years of her life working for BBC in news reporting. Khalil’s skills in Storytelling, News Writing, Breaking News, and Radio and television reporting have led her to be a strong media and communication professional.
In 2014, she was awarded the AIB award for International Radio Personality of the Year. The same year she was appointed as Pakistan Correspondent for BBC.
She has a Master’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from Westminister University .
Shaimaa flourishing with BBC
Shaima’s entire career is influenced by BBC. For more than 10 years, she has worked and has grown with BBC.
In 2011, Shaimaa Khalil worked in Cairo, Egypt as a bureau producer for BBC. During the protest in The Arab Spring, she was held up by the military in Tahrir Square for the entire night. But the circumstances for her detention still seem unclear.
In 2012, Shaima was appointed as Middle East Regional Editor for BBC world service. During her posting in Egypt, she started hosting a documented series ‘Egypt’s Challange’. In the program, she talked about Egypt’s social, economical, and political challenges.
She covered most of the countries of the Middle East including, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Jordan.
Similarly, In 2013, Shaimaa was appointed to be the lead presenter for ‘News Day’, which was a BBC radio news program.
In 2014, she was delegated to work as Pakistan Correspondent for BBC. During this tenure, she not only covered Pakistan’s stories but also enfolded Afghanistan. The same year she was awarded with the AIB award for international radio personality of the year.
2016 was the year when she worked for the military campaign that was liberating ISIS.
And since 2019, Shaimaa is working as an Australian Correspondent.
Shaimaa’s Net worth
Shaima charged around £23k to £40k per annum, during her work in London
Her holistic net worth is unrevealed till date.
Shaimaa Khalil’s marital status
Shaimaa Khalil is married to Ahmed Zaki.
Ahmed Zaki is a senior broadcast journalist, working for BBC Global news. The couple has to stay far most of the time because of their work.
Shaimaa on the wiki and other social sites
Shaima is not listed in wikipedia.
Shaima frequently posts on social media. Her Instagram handel is under her name shaimaakhalil.
Similarly, her Twitter account is also under her official name.
she is also available in Linkedin under the same username as others.