Giselle Khoury

Career

Khoury started her career in late 1985 on LBC as a presenter of cultural talk shows. She joined the pan-Arab media group MBC in 2002 and contributed to the launch of the 24-hour Al-Arabiya news channel. She hosted a weekly political talk show on Al-Arabiya from 2003–2013.

During the time Khoury worked on the political show Bil Arabi, part of the Al-Arabiya news channel, she hosted political decision-makers, heads of state, prime ministers and ministers of foreign affairs.

The show covered current events and the latest political developments from the Arab world and beyond. In 2009, Khoury co-founded Al Rawi, a production company whose first project was a four-episode biography of the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

BBC Arabic

In 2013, Gisele Khoury was hired by BBC Arabic and to present the programme, "The Scene" (Al Mash’had), that part of new programmes scheduled by BBC Arabic. It began its launch in early 2014. Poduced by Mona Hamdan in Lebanon, (Al MaMsh’had) brings into focus some of the most compelling eyewitness accounts of recent history in the Middle East. Khoury travels to different countries to meet with predominant Arab and international figures and hear their accounts of events that have shaped history.

Personal Life

Khoury was married to journalist, writer and historian Samir Kassir until his assassination on June 2, 2005. Since her husband’s death, Gisele Khoury became active in promoting Kassir's thoughts and with the help of friends and family, she founded the Samir Kassir foundation and the SKeyes centre for media and cultural freedom. She has a son, Marwan, and a daughter, Rana.