Rawya Rageh is a Senior Crisis Adviser for Amnesty International based in New York City . She was previously a broadcast journalist known for her in-depth coverage of notable stories across the Middle East and Africa , including the Iraq War , the Darfur crisis in Sudan , the Saddam Hussein trial , the Arab Spring , and the Boko Haram conflict in Northern Nigeria . Working as a correspondent for the Al Jazeera English network her contribution to the Peabody Award-winning coverage the network provided of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and the Arab Spring was documented in the books '' 18 Days : Al Jazeera English and the Egyptian Revolution '' and '' Liberation Square : Inside the Egyptian Revolution and the Rebirth of a Nation '' . The news story she broadcast on 25 January , the first day of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 , was selected by Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism as one of the " 50 Great Stories " produced by its alumni in the past 100 years . In addition to her broadcast reporting , Rageh is an active social media journalist , recognized by the '' Washington Post '' as one of " The 23 Accounts You Must Follow to Understand Egypt " and by '' Forbes '' Middle East Magazine as one of the " 100 Arab personalities with the most presence on Twitter . " Rageh began her journalism career as an intern for the Associated Press News Agency while still a student at the American University in Cairo . Following the September 11 attacks she began working for the agency in earnest . She provided reporting from Egypt , the United States , Iraq , Sudan , Kenya , Lebanon , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates for several large-scale stories including Egypt 's role in the US lead " War on Terror " , the Iraq War , the trial of Saddam Hussein , and the war in Darfur . In January 2004 she became the first AP newswoman to cover the annual Hajj Pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia Rageh completed her Masters of Journalism in 2006 at the Ivy League Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York , with an emphasis on broadcast journalism
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Rawya Rageh