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'''Sahar Baassiri''' (also spelled Baasiri) ({{lang-ar|سحر بعاصيري}}) is a ] journalist currently living in New York City.<ref name="annahar">{{cite web|url=http://www.annahar.com/|title=النهار - أخبار لبنان اليوم - آخر الأخبار|publisher=annahar.com|accessdate=2014-05-27}}</ref> '''Sahar Baassiri''', also spelled '''Baasiri''' ({{langx|ar|سحر بعاصيري}}; born 1960s) is a ] diplomat and journalist currently serving as Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Lebanon to ] in Paris.<ref name=":102">{{Cite book |last=Najem |first=Tom |title=Historical Dictionary of Lebanon |last2=Amore |first2=Roy C. |last3=Abu Khalil |first3=As'ad |last4= |first4= |date=2021 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-2043-9 |edition=2nd |series=Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East |location=Lanham Boulder New York London |pages=47}}</ref><ref name="annahar">{{cite web|url=http://www.annahar.com/|title=النهار - أخبار لبنان اليوم - آخر الأخبار|publisher=annahar.com|accessdate=2014-05-27}}</ref>


Ms. Baassiri worked for the Lebanese daily ] newspaper between 1981 and 2009. She was the foreign editor and a columnist between 1993 and 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ayamm.org/english/IPJ-Palme-Alex.pdf |format=PDF |title=Obstacles & Prospects for Women & Youth in the MENA Media Landscape |website=Ayamm.org |accessdate=2016-01-19}}</ref> She was also the ] (UPI), Beirut correspondent between 1989 and 1991. Ms. Baassiri worked for the leading Lebanese daily ] newspaper between 1981 and 2009. In 1993, she became the first female foreign editor at a Lebanese daily newspapers. And was the first woman in the Arab world to write a front-page column in a daily paper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ayamm.org/english/IPJ-Palme-Alex.pdf |format=PDF |title=Obstacles & Prospects for Women & Youth in the MENA Media Landscape |website=Ayamm.org |accessdate=2016-01-19}}</ref> She was also the ] (UPI), Beirut correspondent between 1989 and 1991.


She is the author of two books (in Arabic): Lebanon on Hold <ref name="darannahar">{{cite web|url=http://www.darannahar.com/category/1000253/product/7903/|title=Dar An-Nahar &#124; لبنان المعلّق|publisher=darannahar.com|accessdate=2014-05-27}}</ref> and The Wandering Arabs <ref name="darannahar2">{{cite web|url=http://www.darannahar.com/category/1000253/product/7904/|title=Dar An-Nahar &#124; عرب التيه|publisher=darannahar.com|accessdate=2014-05-27}}</ref> both published in 2009 by Dar An-Nahar. Ms. Baassiri earned her BA in Political Science from the ] and an MS in Journalism from ]. She is the author of two books (in Arabic): ″Lebanon on Hold <ref name="darannahar">{{cite web|url=http://www.darannahar.com/category/1000253/product/7903/|title=Dar An-Nahar &#124; لبنان المعلّق|publisher=darannahar.com|accessdate=2014-05-27}}</ref> and ″The Wandering Arabs <ref name="darannahar2">{{cite web|url=http://www.darannahar.com/category/1000253/product/7904/|title=Dar An-Nahar &#124; عرب التيه|publisher=darannahar.com|accessdate=2014-05-27}}</ref>, both published in 2009 by Dar An-Nahar. Ms. Baassiri earned her BA in Political Science from the ] and an MS in Journalism from ].


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Lebanese journalist
Sahar Baassiri
Ambassador of Lebanon to UNESCO
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2018
Personal details
Born1960s
Lebanon
SpouseNawaf Salam
Children2
Alma materAmerican University of Beirut
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
OccupationJournalist • Diplomat

Sahar Baassiri, also spelled Baasiri (Arabic: سحر بعاصيري; born 1960s) is a Lebanese diplomat and journalist currently serving as Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Lebanon to UNESCO in Paris.

Ms. Baassiri worked for the leading Lebanese daily An-Nahar newspaper between 1981 and 2009. In 1993, she became the first female foreign editor at a Lebanese daily newspapers. And was the first woman in the Arab world to write a front-page column in a daily paper. She was also the United Press International (UPI), Beirut correspondent between 1989 and 1991.

She is the author of two books (in Arabic): ″Lebanon on Hold and ″The Wandering Arabs , both published in 2009 by Dar An-Nahar. Ms. Baassiri earned her BA in Political Science from the American University of Beirut and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

References

  1. Najem, Tom; Amore, Roy C.; Abu Khalil, As'ad (2021). Historical Dictionary of Lebanon. Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East (2nd ed.). Lanham Boulder New York London: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-5381-2043-9.
  2. "النهار - أخبار لبنان اليوم - آخر الأخبار". annahar.com. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
  3. "Obstacles & Prospects for Women & Youth in the MENA Media Landscape" (PDF). Ayamm.org. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  4. "Dar An-Nahar | لبنان المعلّق". darannahar.com. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
  5. "Dar An-Nahar | عرب التيه". darannahar.com. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
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