Yalda Hakim

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Yalda Hakim
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Hakim at the Halifax International Security Forum 2017
Born (1983-06-25) 25 June 1983 (age 38)
Kabul, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan[1]
NationalityAustralian
EducationMacquarie University (BA)
Occupation
EmployerBBC
SBS (previously)
Notable credit(s)
BBC World News
Our World
Newsnight
BBC News
Impact with Yalda Hakim
Dateline

Yalda Hakim (born 25 June 1983) is an Australian broadcast journalist, news presenter, and documentary maker.[2][3][4] Hakim predominantly presents on BBC World News, but her documentaries and reports can also be seen on the BBC News Channel and on BBC Two's Newsnight.

Early life and education[]

Hakim was born in Kabul, in Afghanistan. Her family fled the country during the Soviet–Afghan War when she was six months old.[4] The family travelled on horseback overland to Pakistan with the help of people smugglers. After two years in Pakistan, the family settled in Australia as migrants in 1986, when she was three years old.[5]

Hakim attended Macarthur Girls High School in Parramatta, Sydney, where she played the violin and became a sports captain and prefect. She also attended Parramatta West Public School.[4][failed verification]

Hakim went on to study for a Bachelor of Arts in Media from 2002 to 2004 at Macquarie University, where she was also a board member of the Macquarie University Union.

In 2005, Hakim obtained a Diploma in Journalism at Macleay College, Sydney. She then went on to study a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) via distance education at Monash University from 2007 to 2009, in addition to a cadetship at the Special Broadcasting Service.[4][6]

Besides English, Hakim is fluent in Dari, Hindi, Pashto, Persian and Urdu.[7][8]

SBS and Dateline[]

Hakim returned to Kabul for her first Dateline report in 2008, and from then reported from across the world for Dateline and SBS World News Australia.

She was awarded the United Nations Media Peace Prize for best Australian Television News Coverage in 2009,[9] and has also been a finalist for the Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Award.[8]

Beginning in 2011, Hakim co-hosted Dateline with fellow video journalist Mark Davis, the two taking it in turns to present the programme in approximately six-week blocks, while the other was away on assignment.[10]

BBC News[]

In December 2012, it was announced that Hakim would join the BBC. Hakim had been in talks with BBC executives since April 2012, after being approached at a broadcasting conference in Brisbane. Subsequent meetings took place in New York, Dubai, and Afghanistan. She first appeared on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel in March 2013.[11]

In October 2013, she interviewed Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, for Newsnight.[12]

Since March 2014, she has made several appearances as the presenter on Impact, ultimately becoming the programme's main presenter later that year.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hakim's birth city". Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Female Afghan student given chance to study for fully-funded masters degree at Oxford". The Telegraph. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Login • Instagram". www.instagram.com.
  4. ^ a b c d Wilmoth, Peter (16 July 2011). "Anchor woman". The Weekly Review. Australia. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Yalda Hakim Foundation | YHF Foundation". Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  6. ^ Browne, Rachel (24 October 2010). "She's at home in the hot seat". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Yalda Hakim". BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  8. ^ a b Yalda Hakim Profile SBS Dateline
  9. ^ Crary, Alice (17 September 2014). "Yalda Hakim". The European. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Davis and Hakim to front Dateline". The Spy Report. Media Spy. 20 October 2010. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  11. ^ "Hakim joins the BBC".
  12. ^ "Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai says Nato caused 'great suffering'". BBC News. 7 October 2013.
  13. ^ "Hakim becomes the regular presenter of Impact".

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