As an Australian journalist with more than a decade’s experience in the Middle East, I know the history of the region, how it impacts current events and how social and cultural conditions shape today’s news.

I also understand the Middle East in a way that deepens my coverage. I grew up in Australia and was schooled there, but I am the daughter of Lebanese immigrants. I traveled often to Beirut during its civil war for family vacations. Even in war, there was life in Beirut. My parents were determined that their daughters would appreciate that. It was a lesson I learnt well and one that I apply to my work.

I am a print, television, radio and multimedia journalist, able to shoot and edit polished video stories as well as file radio reports. I am fluent in Arabic.

I can be reached via email and Twitter (raniaab) as well as through my booking agents, GRN, in London.

You can see a brief selection of my latest clips here.