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Encyclopedia > Mishal Husain
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Mishal Husain (sometimes spelt Mishal Hussein) (born 1973) is a newsreader for the BBC's international news channel BBC World. She is also a presenter on the BBC arts, media, entertainment and culture talk show Hardtalk Extra, and also works on BBC One's morning news programme Breakfast. Image File history File links BBC_Mishal_Husain. ... Image File history File links BBC_Mishal_Husain. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of £4 billion. ... BBC World is the BBCs 24-hour international, news and information television channel, launched in January 1995. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of £4 billion. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the primary channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... Breakfast television is a type of television programme broadcast live in the morning (typically between 6:00am and 9:00am), with the express purpose of being watched by people getting ready to go to work. ... The BBC Breakfast titles introduced in May 2006. ...


Biography

Husain was born in the United Kingdom, but grew up in the United Arab Emirates. She returned to the UK to attend Cobham Hall an independent school school in Cobham, Kent, when she was 12 years old. Her family originate from Pakistan and she maintains close links with the country. Cobham Hall circa 1880. ... An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges, gifts, and perhaps the investment yield of an endowment. ... Cobham is a small village with a reputation for being still relatively unspoilt even today. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ...


Husain spent six months living in Russia (having studied Russian at school) and taught English in Moscow as well as taking the opportunity to travel through Russia and states of the former Soviet Union including remote regions such as Uzbekistan and Georgia. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ...


She read Law at Cambridge University and graduated in 1995. After this she completed a Master's degree in International and Comparative Law at the European University Institute in Florence, producing a thesis on the legal status of Bosnian refugees in Europe. The University of Cambridge, located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... [edit] THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE < Programmes Doctoral programmes Every year, some 140 recent graduates are admitted after a selection process, and receive a grant. ... Florences skyline Florence (Italian: ) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. ...


She is married with three sons, having had one son in 2004 and gave birth to twin boys on Monday 19 June 2006. June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Professional career

Husain gained her first experience of journalism, at the age of 18, working in Pakistan's English language newspaper The News. Journalism is a discipline of collecting, analyzing, verifying, and presenting news regarding current events, trends, issues and people. ...


Her first job was at Bloomberg Television in London, where she spent two years. She joined the BBC in 1998 and since then has worked in a variety of roles: in the BBC’s Economics and Business Unit, as the organisation's Washington correspondent, on the daily Breakfast programme, on the Asia Business Report (based in Singapore), and as a presenter of business news on both BBC World and BBC News 24. Bloomberg Television is the name of a number of cable television networks around the world that broadcast business and financial news 24 hours a day. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia. ... BBC News 24 is BBC News 24-hour news television channel in the UK, its international counterpart being BBC World. ...


She is widely respected as an incisive and intelligent interviewer and has interviewed many high-profile figures including: Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy US Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Pentagon adviser Richard Perle, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, and Israel's former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (b. ... Richard L. Armitage Richard Lee Armitage (born April 26, 1945) was the 13th United States Deputy Secretary of State, the second-in-command at the State Department, serving from 2001 to 2005, Previously, he was a high-ranking troubleshooter and negotiator in the Departments of State and Defense. ... Richard Norman Perle, (born September 16, 1941 in New York City), is an American political advisor and lobbyist who worked for the Reagan administration as an assistant Secretary of Defense and worked on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee from 1987 to 2004. ... Paul Kagame (born October 23, 1957) is the current President of Rwanda. ... Benjamin Netanyahu (also Binyamin, and in Israel commonly Bibi) (Hebrew: &#1489;&#1504;&#1497;&#1502;&#1497;&#1503; &#1504;&#1514;&#1504;&#1497;&#1492;&#1493;) (born October 21, 1949, Tel Aviv) was the 9th Prime Minister of Israel. ...


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Wide Angle. Printable Pages | PBS (6752 words)
Mishal Husain: One of the things we saw in the film were some of the drought stricken villages in Gujarat which are completely dependent on water arriving by tanker, which sometimes happens and sometimes doesn't.
Mishal Husain: If we look at the reality of this situation of Luharia and his community, clearly there are big issues with the quality of lands that they would receive in compensation.
Mishal Husain: Is it not possible then that the next generation, say Luharia's children, might have a better life if they do end up in an urban area.
Mishal Husain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (278 words)
Mishal Husain (sometimes spelt Mishal Hussein) (born 1973) is a news anchor for the news channel BBC World.
Husain was born in the United Kingdom, but grew up in the United Arab Emirates.
Husain spent six months living in Russia (having studied Russian at school) and taught English in Moscow as well as taking the opportunity to travel through Russia and states of the former Soviet Union including remote regions such as Uzbekistan and Georgia.
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