Hala Gorani is a reporter and anchor for CNN International and is based in Atlanta, where she co-anchors 'Your World Today.’
In addition, Gorani hosts and files monthly reports for ‘Inside the Middle East’, a half-hour program featuring stories on the most important social and cultural issues in the region. It includes reports from senior CNN correspondents such as Nic Robertson, Brent Sadler and Ben Wedeman.
On ‘Inside the Middle East’ Gorani has reported on several colorful and thought-provoking stories. Some of those intriguing stories include poverty in oil-rich Bahrain; everyday struggles for artists living in Iraq; and gay life in the Middle East, which was a first on international television and earned a nomination for a Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) award.
Gorani, one of CNN's most experienced international journalists, has reported from every country in the Middle East, but regularly files reports from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian territories. She was instrumental in CNN International’s coverage of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in 2006, for which CNN won an Edward R. Murrow Award.
In addition to reporting from the Middle East, Gorani has often reported from France, where she led CNN’s coverage of the French presidential elections in 2002 and 2007.
Earlier this year, Gorani moderated the closing session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that featured several business and political leaders including Tony Blair, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel and JP Morgan Chase & Co. Chairman and CEO James Dimon.
In November 2005 Gorani was one of the first television reporters on the ground in Amman, Jordan after al Qaeda suicide bombers attacked two hotels. Earlier that year, she covered the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
Previously based in London, Gorani anchored CNN International’s European breakfast show, ‘CNN Today’.
Gorani joined CNN in 1998 from Bloomberg Television in London, where she worked as an anchor. Previously, she worked for French network France 3 and covered stories for French cable network Paris Premiere. She started her career in journalism writing for French daily 'La Voix du Nord' and news agency 'Agence France Presse'.
Gorani earned a Bachelor of Science in economics from George Mason University near Washington, D.C. and graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris in 1995. Gorani was born in Seattle and raised in Paris, France.
She speaks English, French and Arabic.
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