Nahlah Ayed
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Nahlah Ayed is a foreign correspondent with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
Ayed was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is of Palestinian descent, and is fluent in both Arabic and English. She joined the CBC in 2002, having previously served as a parliamentary reporter for the Canadian Press. Ayed is a graduate of Carleton University School of Journalism with a Master's Degree in Journalism. She also holds a BSc degree from the University of Manitoba in Genetics.
In 2003, as the Amman correspondent for the CBC, Ayed spent months in Baghdad prior to the Iraq War, then later returned to report live from Baghdad as the city fell. Her coverage of Iraq in the aftermath earned her a Gemini Award nomination.
As of 2004, Ayed is the CBC's Beirut correspondent.
