Ghida Fakhry
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Ghida Fakhry is the current Washington, D.C. co-anchor for Al Jazeera English.
Ghida Fakhry was appointed Al Jazeera International's lead English language female news anchor in April 2006. Prior to that since 2004, Fakhry was the New York Bureau Chief of the Arab daily Asharq Al Answat (publication based in London). From 2002-2004, she was the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation-Al Hayat's lead evening news anchor from London, and was the New York Bureau Chief from 2000 to late 2001 for Al Jazeera. Previous to that, she was a New York Correspondent of Abu Dhabi Television.
Fakhry holds an MA in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, University of London) and M.A. in International Relations from Boston University. She is fluent in English, Arabic, French, and Spanish.
[edit] Trivia
The Daily Show featured Al Jazeera English in one of its segments, including a 'remake' of the network so that it parodied more traditional Cable News. Ghida Fakhry's name was replaced with something more palatable to American ears, and she introduced herself, with excellent comic timing, as "I'm Peppermint Gomez".
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