From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Raya Abirached
Raya Abirached
Raya Abirached is a Lebanese British TV presenter and American Idol competition in Dubai, as well as the launch
producer. of Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi.[citation needed]
Based in London she is well known in the Middle Raya started her career as a print and broadcast jour-
East as the host of hit show Arabs Got Talent, the Arab nalist in Beirut before moving to the UK in 1999. She
version of America’s Got Talent, and for being the first holds a BA in economics, a Masters in Cinema and a
Arabic journalist to interview movie stars and directors Masters in Broadcast Journalism from the University of
such as Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Julia Westminster in London. She is fluent in Arabic, English,
Roberts, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman, Clint Eastwood, Martin French and Italian. She currently resides in London with
Scorsese, and Oliver Stone, music stars including Mariah her husband.[2]
Carey, Beyoncé Knowles, and Shakira, sports celebrities
such as Luis Figo and Boris Becker, as well as designers
like Karl Lagerfeld.[citation needed]
References
She frequently covers awards ceremonies such as the [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkhTvKo4CrY
Oscars, BAFTAs, Brits and Film Festivals (Cannes, Venice, [2] http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/
Berlin). She has also interviewed Arabic A-list stars like celebrity/five-minutes-with-raya-abi-
Omar Sharif, Youssef Shahine, Ragheb Alama and Kazem rached-1.788518
El Saher. In 2006, she followed Palestinian filmmaker
Hani Abu Asaad from his win as Best Foreign Film at the
Golden Globes to his Oscar nomination.[citation needed]
External links
Raya also regularly collaborates as a celebrity jour- • http://www.mbc.net/arabsgottalent
nalist with several TV stations like Entertainment • http://www.twitter.com/rayascoop
Tonight in the US, Star TV in Switzerland, ZDF in Ger- • http://www.facebook.com/rayaofficial
many, ORF in Austria and Telecine in Brazil, and is often Persondata
requested to do generic interviews for major movie stu- Name Abirached, Raya
dios such as Warner Bros, Disney and Paramount.[citation
needed]
Alternative names
Apart from her job as a celebrity journalist Raya also Short description
hosted a weekly business show World Business,[1] airing on Date of birth
CNBC Europe and Asia, PBS in America and Alarabiya in Place of birth
the Arab world, for which she attended the World Eco-
nomic Forum at Davos. She also hosted events like the Date of death
Place of death
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