Freelance Arabic Translator
Associated Press
Total years of experience :14 years, 1 Months
Monitored Arabic news from various difference sources, including Arabic TV channels and videos.
Translating and transcribing interviews and speeches of governmental officials in the Middle East (from Arabic to English).
Assisted other journalists with translation from TV monitors and helped identify information they are after.
Writing daily news reports on events in the Middle East to be published the next day (online and print).
Conducting interviews with political officials from the region; carrying out research to support news articles.
Attending events on behalf of the newspaper, reporting back to senior editors with relevant information.
Following and monitoring news on a specific country in the Middle East.
Translating reports from English to Arabic and vice versa.
Supporting the assistant editor in chief with their daily work load for example: following up a story, interviewing relevant individuals, conducting data research to support the news articles.
Writing features for the magazine mostly on the political situation in Iraq.
Conducting interviews to support feature articles.
Editing and uploading daily news on the Majalla website.
Editing features and interviews to be published.
Translating articles from Arabic to English.
Produced news reports and in depth feature articles covering a wide range of topics from the Revolution in Egypt to the recent conflicts in Syria (all articles are produced in Arabic).
Researching, translating and following news, articles and reports in both Arabic and English.
Transcribed live speeches, congressional conferences in relation to the top stories in the Middle East (Syria, Egypt and Iran) and produced reports based on that event.
Monitoring the news from various sources, focus research mostly on US and UK relations with the MENA region, especially on Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan.
Adapted to the newspapers specific style of writing and also developing and enhancing my research skills as well as my writing skills in Arabic.
Produced press briefing and releases for journalists.
Attended conferences and talks on behalf of the newspaper, and usually covered a story on the event.
Articles published in the newspaper include stories on, the conflict in Syria, Egyptian elections, the London Olympics and UK education sector.
Saudi Arabian Airlines June-September 2007, 2008, 2009.
• Customer Services agent ( Visa reader)
• Worked for Saudi Airlines in Heathrow terminal 3 for three summers, the responsibilities included;
• Checking and making sure that every passenger had a valid visa before travelling to Saudi.
• Assisting passengers around the terminal.
• Escorting passengers to the gate or sometimes to the right terminal.
• Organised the queue for the check in.
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) (University of London) 2010 -2011, the results was: (Merit) with honors MSc Middle East Politics: Focus on Resistance in the Middle East, International relations, State and Transformation.
City University 2007 - 2010 BSc International Politics: Focus on the Middle East, Global Governance, Diaspora and Migration, International organisations. (2.1 Honours)
A Levels in English Literature, Psychology, Philosophy and Ethics. GCSE's: 12 at A* -C grade.