In 2012, she was named one of the 100 most powerful woman in the Arab world by Arabian Business magazine. AFP
Lebanese Al-Arabiya TV anchorwoman, Najwa Kassem, at the studios of the Arab news channel's headquarters in Dubai in 2009. AFP
Kassem, who was 51, worked for Saudi Arabian news channel Al Arabiya as a senior presenter, where she covered regional news.
She joined Al Arabiya as it launched in Dubai in 2003 and went on to make a name for herself by reporting from the front lines of Baghdad, and in Lebanon during the 2006 war. AFP
In 2012, she was named one of the 100 most powerful woman in the Arab world by Arabian Business magazine. AFP
Lebanese Al-Arabiya TV anchorwoman, Najwa Kassem, at the studios of the Arab news channel's headquarters in Dubai in 2009. AFP
Kassem, who was 51, worked for Saudi Arabian news channel Al Arabiya as a senior presenter, where she covered regional news.
She joined Al Arabiya as it launched in Dubai in 2003 and went on to make a name for herself by reporting from the front lines of Baghdad, and in Lebanon during the 2006 war. AFP
In 2012, she was named one of the 100 most powerful woman in the Arab world by Arabian Business magazine. AFP
