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'''Sahar Baassiri''' (also spelled Baasiri) ({{lang-ar|سحر بعاصيري}}) is a ] journalist currently living in New York City.<ref name="annahar">{{cite web|url=http://www.annahar.com/|title=النهار - أخبار لبنان اليوم - آخر الأخبار|publisher=annahar.com|accessdate=2014-05-27}}</ref> '''Sahar Baassiri''' (also spelled Baasiri) ({{lang-ar|سحر بعاصيري}}) is currently Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Lebanon to UNESCO in Paris. Prior to her move into diplomacy she was a trailblazing Lebanese journalist. moved also worked a ] journalist currently living in New York City.<ref name="annahar">{{cite web|url=http://www.annahar.com/|title=النهار - أخبار لبنان اليوم - آخر الأخبار|publisher=annahar.com|accessdate=2014-05-27}}</ref>


Ms. Baassiri worked for the Lebanese daily ] newspaper between 1981 and 2009. She was the foreign editor and a columnist between 1993 and 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ayamm.org/english/IPJ-Palme-Alex.pdf |format=PDF |title=Obstacles & Prospects for Women & Youth in the MENA Media Landscape |website=Ayamm.org |accessdate=2016-01-19}}</ref> She was also the ] (UPI), Beirut correspondent between 1989 and 1991. Ms. Baassiri worked for the leading Lebanese daily ] newspaper between 1981 and 2009. In 1993, she became the first female foreign editor at a Lebanese daily newspapers. And was the first woman in the Arab world to write a front-page column in a daily paper. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ayamm.org/english/IPJ-Palme-Alex.pdf |format=PDF |title=Obstacles & Prospects for Women & Youth in the MENA Media Landscape |website=Ayamm.org |accessdate=2016-01-19}}</ref> She was also the ] (UPI), Beirut correspondent between 1989 and 1991.


She is the author of two books (in Arabic): Lebanon on Hold <ref name="darannahar">{{cite web|url=http://www.darannahar.com/category/1000253/product/7903/|title=Dar An-Nahar &#124; لبنان المعلّق|publisher=darannahar.com|accessdate=2014-05-27}}</ref> and The Wandering Arabs <ref name="darannahar2">{{cite web|url=http://www.darannahar.com/category/1000253/product/7904/|title=Dar An-Nahar &#124; عرب التيه|publisher=darannahar.com|accessdate=2014-05-27}}</ref> both published in 2009 by Dar An-Nahar. Ms. Baassiri earned her BA in Political Science from the ] and an MS in Journalism from ]. She is the author of two books (in Arabic): Lebanon on Hold <ref name="darannahar">{{cite web|url=http://www.darannahar.com/category/1000253/product/7903/|title=Dar An-Nahar &#124; لبنان المعلّق|publisher=darannahar.com|accessdate=2014-05-27}}</ref> and The Wandering Arabs <ref name="darannahar2">{{cite web|url=http://www.darannahar.com/category/1000253/product/7904/|title=Dar An-Nahar &#124; عرب التيه|publisher=darannahar.com|accessdate=2014-05-27}}</ref> both published in 2009 by Dar An-Nahar. Ms. Baassiri earned her BA in Political Science from the ] and an MS in Journalism from ].

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Sahar Baassiri

Sahar Baassiri (also spelled Baasiri) (Template:Lang-ar) is currently Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Lebanon to UNESCO in Paris. Prior to her move into diplomacy she was a trailblazing Lebanese journalist. moved also worked a Lebanese journalist currently living in New York City.

Ms. Baassiri worked for the leading Lebanese daily An-Nahar newspaper between 1981 and 2009. In 1993, she became the first female foreign editor at a Lebanese daily newspapers. And was the first woman in the Arab world to write a front-page column in a daily paper. She was also the United Press International (UPI), Beirut correspondent between 1989 and 1991.

She is the author of two books (in Arabic): Lebanon on Hold and The Wandering Arabs both published in 2009 by Dar An-Nahar. Ms. Baassiri earned her BA in Political Science from the American University of Beirut and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

References

  1. "النهار - أخبار لبنان اليوم - آخر الأخبار". annahar.com. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
  2. "Obstacles & Prospects for Women & Youth in the MENA Media Landscape" (PDF). Ayamm.org. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  3. "Dar An-Nahar | لبنان المعلّق". darannahar.com. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
  4. "Dar An-Nahar | عرب التيه". darannahar.com. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
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