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Date From: |
September 2005 |
Date to: |
September 2006 |
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Place of Study: |
Cardiff University |
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Details:
Modules finished: |
Master of Arts (MA) degree in International Journalism at
School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies.
Broadcast Pathway (TV and radio) – training in writing for
broadcast, camera technique, editing (CoolEdit Pro),
presentation
Furthermore, I sat the following modules:
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Information gathering and analysis
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International news production
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Reporting
business, finance and economics
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Foreign
news reporting
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Reporting
the Middle East
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The above modules involved producing material suitable for
print media (newspaper and magazine)
My
MA course culminated in the production of a thesis on Islam
and international terrorism (with particular reference to
al-Qaeda). The 4 ‘chapters’ of the thesis were journalistic
analytical features.
I
interviewed prominent journalists, academics and policy
experts for the thesis. I also consulted a wide variety of
books, journals and broadcast productions. I believe my
research has provided me with a high level of understanding
in my chosen field. |
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Date From: |
June 2005 |
Date to: |
September 2005 |
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Place of Study: |
Cardiff University |
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Details: |
I
sat a 3 month English language course prior to the
commencement of my MA degree. This is in addition to an
overall score of 7.0 in the ILTS exam. |
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Date From: |
September 1996 |
Date to: |
January 2001 |
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Place of Study: |
Applied Science University, Amman, Jordan |
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Details: |
Bachelor Degree in English –Arabic Interpretation
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Date From: |
April 2002 |
Date to: |
May 2002 |
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Place of Study: |
Jordan Television Training Centre |
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Details: |
Television presenting and journalism |
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Date From: |
May 2001 |
Date to: |
June 2001 |
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Place of Study: |
Modern Language Centre, Amman-Jordan |
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Details: |
Conversational English |
Job History
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Date From: |
May 2006 |
Date to: |
Until now |
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Employers Name: |
Freelance Reporter, copy writer for several online
newspapers such as Elaph.com |
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Date From: |
January 2002 |
Date to: |
May 2005 |
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Employers Name: |
Qatar Radio & Television Corporation |
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Details:
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Reporter, News editor, Anchorman, Arabic Business
News Section.
Preparing field reports, conducting interviews,
editing film reports, presenting live reports. |
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Date From: |
October 2003 |
Date to: |
May 2004 |
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Employers Name: |
Titan Corporation USA |
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Details:
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Quality Controller Linguist, English/Arabic |
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Date From: |
May 2003 |
Date to: |
February 2004 |
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Employers Name: |
United States Department of Defense |
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Details:
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Quality Controller Linguist
Combined Media Processing Center-Main (CMPC-M)
in the Iraq Survey Group, Camp AS SAYLIYAH- Qatar. |
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Date From: |
July 2001 |
Date to: |
December 2001 |
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Employers Name: |
Al-Fardan Automobiles / BMW |
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Details:
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Executive Secretary for the president of the
company. |
Skills, Abilities & Experience
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European Computer Driving Licence – this
course has provided me with skills in the
Microsoft Office suite of computer programs
(MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS
PowerPoint) and the internet
Skilled in use of INews editing system and
CoolEdit Pro. |
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