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Halla Mohieddeen

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Halla Mohieddeen
Born
Halla Mohieddeen[1]

(1979-10-13) 13 October 1979 (age 45)
Edinburgh, Scotland
SpouseTommaso Pani
Career
ShowSTV News Tonight (2017–18)
Time slot2010
StyleNews anchor
CountryScotland
Previous show(s)France 24,
CCTV
STV2
Websitewww.hallamohieddeen.com

Halla Mohieddeen (born 13 October 1979) is a Scottish journalist, broadcaster and television presenter.

Biography

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Mohieddeen was born to a Lebanese father and Scottish mother.[2] She studied Interpreting and Translating at the Heriot-Watt University.[3] She previously presented the Morning News and Middle East Matters programmes for Paris-based 24 hour international news channel, France 24. The Heriot-Watt University graduate from the Scottish Borders has also worked for a number of Chinese TV and radio stations, including CCTV, Xinhua News Network Corporation and Beijing Radio 774. From April 2017 to June 2018, she was the anchor of the nightly Scottish news programme STV News Tonight on STV2.[4] She was a Principal Presenter with Al Jazeera English in Doha.[5]

Mohieddeen is multilingual, fluent in English, French, Mandarin Chinese and German. She also has specialist knowledge of International affairs, Scottish and British politics, Chinese politics and society and marine and environmental conservation.[6]

She lives in Glasgow with her Sardinian-born husband Tommaso Pani.[2]

Mohieddeen joined Sky News in late 2022.

References

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  1. ^ "Statutory registers - Births". Scotland's People. National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon.
  2. ^ a b "'I'm in the right place at the right time' – world-class reporter Halla Mohiedeen returns to Scotland to lead STV2 news programme". Daily Record. 24 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Halla Mohieddeen". Heriot-Watt University. 18 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Anchor of flagship STV News Tonight show announced". STV News. STV. 26 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Home". hallamohieddeen.com.
  6. ^ "Halla Mohieddeen". hmomo. LinkedIn. Retrieved 27 January 2017.