Name Ahmed Shihab-Eldin TV shows The Stream | Role Journalist | |
Born September 16, 1984 (age 39) ( 1984-09-16 ) Los Angeles, California Nominations News & Documentary Emmy Award for New Approaches: Current News Coverage People also search for Ben Connors, Derrick Ashong Profiles | ||
Testimonial ahmed shihab eldin journalist
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin (born September 16, 1984) is a Kuwaiti-American of Palestinian descent. He is a journalist and columnist formerly at Huffington Post and a former host at HuffPost Live.
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Early life
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was born in California to Kuwaiti parents of Palestinian origin. He spent his childhood living between Kuwait, Egypt, California and Austria. During his childhood, he studied at the American International School of Vienna, Austria and Cairo American College.
Career
Shihab-Eldin started out in the United States as a News Producer with the New York Times in 2008. For six months, he worked in Doha with the international 24-hour news channel Al Jazeera English. He also worked as a reporter and producer for The Doha Film Institute and helped launch the first Doha Tribeca Film Festival, leading the online editorial team there. Ahmed later worked as a multimedia producer on PBS's documentary series Wide Angle, and as a producer for the New York Times.
In 2011, Shihab-Eldin created, produced and co-hosted Al Jazeera English’s social media show, The Stream.
Shihab-Eldin graduated from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, inspiring him to begin teaching digital media as an adjunct professor.
Shihab-Eldin has blogged for the Huffington Post since 2008. He also worked on special projects as a videographer for the Rockefeller Foundation and Frontline/World. In 2008, his master’s digital media project earned him a Webby Award for “Defining Middle Ground: The Next Generation of Muslim New Yorkers.”
In 2012 Shihab-Elbin was featured on Forbes’ “30 under 30” list of “young disruptors, innovators and media entrepreneurs impatient to change the world”.
In 2014, Shihab-Eldin was released from his contract by HuffPo.
Education
Shihab-Eldin holds a bachelor of science in communication from Boston University and in 2007 he graduated as a master of science in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He speaks German, English, Arabic and French.