A French-raised American journalist who is working as an anchor/correspondent for CNN International based in London is none other than Hala Basha-Gorani or Hala Gorani. She runs CNN International’s CNN The World Right Now at 9 pm as an anchor. She previously worked as a co-host for the program Your World Today until February 2009 and in International Desk until April 2014 from the CNN Centre based in Atlanta. Hala Gorani is a talented and beautiful person. She is one of the hard-working and promising journalists for the network. Hala is a common Arabic name meaning Corona.
Early Life And Education Of Hala Gorani
Born in the year 1970 March 1 in Seattle, Washington, USA, Hala Gorani has French and Syrian ancestry though has American citizenship. She has quite an international ancestry. Although born in the United States, Hala spent most of her early life in Paris being raised there. She has also lived a small portion of her early life in Algeria.
Hala had attended George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia near Washington from where she earned the Bachelor of Science in economics and also been graduated from Institut d’etudes politiques in Paris in the year 1995.
Being of Syrian descent, spent years in France, and has the citizenship of USA, it is obvious that she has the multi-language speaking talent. She is good at English, French, and Arabic.
Hala Gorani's Career
Hala Gorani initiated her career in journalism as a reporter for the French newspapers called La Voix du Nord and Agence France-Presse. Later afterward, she joined France 3 in 1994. After gaining some experience in the France 3 network, she joined Bloomberg Television based in London. Hala is very opportunistic and career motive.
Following her dream to earn a name in journalism, she got a job in CNN in 1998 as an anchor for CNN International’s European breakfast show “CNN Today”. As of joining the CNN network, her career highlights includes several of the reports on key events like the 2006 Lebanon-Israel war, several hot news from the middle east being one of the first television reporters on the ground of Amman, Jordan, 2010 Haiti earthquake, 2011 Egyptian revolution, undertook several interviews with the popular figures like Jimmy Carter, Tony Blair, the Dalai Lama, etc, besides her reporting duties.
Hala has been recognized with several awards and honors for her works including the Golden Nymph award at Monte Carlo Television Festival, Peabody Award, News, and Doc u mentary Emmy, a nomination for Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation award, etc.
Hala Gorani's Net Worth
Hala Gorani's net worth is $2 million. She earns a decent amount of money from her career.
Hala Gorani's Personal Life And Relationship
Moving to the personal life of Hala Gorani, she has reached the age of 48 years. Hala is a television personality who is known for her consistent and outstanding reporting. Hala is a Syrian Christian.
Talking about her personal life, Hala Gorani is a married woman. Gorani tied the knots with her boyfriend German CNN-photojournalist Christian Streib on June 14, 2015. The couple organized their wedding ceremony in Jardin Majorelle, Morocco. It was reported that the couple dated a few months ago before they exchanged the vows. The couple has been sharing the strong bond of love since 2015 but they are yet to become a parent.
Hala is a multitalented personality who can pull up different kinds of languages like English, French, as well as Arabic.
Following it, the information on her husband, children, or divorce cannot be found. Her personal life is so out of media. However, Wikipedia and some other sites include the details of her career. Her presence in social media like Twitter and Facebook has been beneficial to her fan to get updated with her activities and know her more.
As of Jan 2019, Hala has more than 15.7 K followers on her Instagram account. She is also a dog person named Louis.
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Hala Gorani's Body Measurement And Other Facts
Hala Gorani stands a height of five feet and six inches with a maintained body weight of 56 kg. She is very considerate of her looks and body weight.
She has a pair of long and sexy legs that has added charm to her beauty. She is very camera-friendly and looks stunning on the screen.
by sahra, 07 Oct, 2014