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Lana Shaheen (1973 AD, Syria) is a
Gazan journalist, trainer in the field of journalism and media, and a lecturer
at the University of Palestine-Gaza. She holds the position of editorial
director of Al-Mayadeen TV office in Gaza. She was honored by the British
Academy of Languages for her journalistic work. She has won many Arab and
foreign awards for preparing and directing documentaries.
Birth and upbringing
Lana Shaheen was born in 1973 AD in
Syria, to a Palestinian immigrant family from the village of Qubeiba in the
Ramla district. Shaheen studied English literature at Damascus University.
After moving to live in Palestine - specifically in the Gaza Strip -, Shaheen
began her professional orientation towards the profession of journalism. In
1997, Shaheen worked for Palestine TV, as she had a stock of political
terminology by virtue of her study of English literature. Shaheen graduated
from her work at Palestine TV until she became the editor-in-chief of the
English language department, then she began borrowing journalism books from her
colleagues to start a new field in the world of journalism. Shaheen worked as a
translator during the arrival of a delegation from a Swedish institution “Voyo”to Palestine. This institution held television courses for three years, during
which Shaheen gained tremendous experience in journalistic work in preparation,
filming, montage, and news reporting. She worked with foreign delegations to
benefit from of their experiences. Shaheen later worked in the field of
written, audio and television journalism, then became a correspondent for
Jordanian TV and Dubai TV for several years, then a correspondent for the Nile
Channel for five years. Shaheen is currently working as a correspondent and
editor-in-chief of the Gaza bureau for Al-Mayadeen satellite channel.
She works for Al-Mayadeen News
Channel
Shaheen started her work with
Al-Mayadeen channel in 2012, as she covered many hot events in the Gaza Strip,
the most prominent of which was the Gaza war in the summer of 2014. She
contributed to directing documentaries that were shown on Al-Mayadeen channel,
including “War of Antiquities”, which was shown by Al-Mayadeen channel in 2014.
2016.
Its role in the Gaza war in 2014
The Gaza war in the summer of 2014
had the greatest impact on Shaheen's performance as a journalist first and as a
human being second. Shaheen extensively covered the events of the Gaza war on
Al-Mayadeen TV, observing the most violent and bloody scenes of the war, in
addition to the dangers she was exposed to. In addition to her permanent work
outside the home and after midnight in dangerous areas, adhering to the
principle of “professionalism first, and patriotism precedes everything.”
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Awards
The British Academy of Journalistic
Languages honored Lana Shaheen, in addition to the writer and political analyst
Mr. Talal Okal, and the journalist Tamer Al-Mishal, correspondent of Al-Jazeera
news channel, and awarded them an honorary master's degree in management
presented by Cambridge International College, in appreciation of their work in
press coverage and reports that continued throughout their years of work in the
field. The journalistic field, as well as their prominent role in covering the
2014 Gaza war, and exposing the occupation’s crimes against the Palestinians.
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