Mariam Saab

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Mariam Saab is a Lebanese-Australian journalist and television presenter. Saab is a news presenter on ABC News. [1] [2] [3]

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Background

Saab was born in Sydney, New South Wales, in a Lebanese-Australian family. She grew up in the Sutherland Shire and attended Illawong Public Primary School followed by The McDonald College performing arts high school. [4]

Her mother, Majida Abboud-Saab, migrated to Australia from Beirut in 1967 aboard RHMS Patris and became a prominent Arabic-language broadcast journalist. [5] A former SBS Arabic language executive producer, Abboud-Saab is widely regarded as having put the world's first dedicated multicultural public television channel to air. [6]

Career

In 2004, Saab began her career at SBS Radio as a broadcaster for Alchemy, the station's national youth news, current affairs and music program. [7]

During a stint in the Middle East, Saab was a journalist for the Lebanese Daily Star newspaper. [8] Her work included coverage of continued poverty in the country, and was reported in policy briefings. [9] During this period, Saab also worked as a freelance producer for Al Jazeera English, France 24, SBS TV and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) with assignments in Doha, Tunisia, Beirut and Paris. [10]

Saab was one of the organisers of the Beirut Music and Art Festival, featuring 200 local and international artists, including headliners Sister Sledge, Roger Hodgson and Earth Wind and Fire. [11]

From around 2014 to 2018, Saab lived in Paris, where she was an English-language news and programs presenter for France 24, a global French-government-owned TV channel. She covered the November 2015 Paris attacks and their aftermath. [12] She also frequently appeared as a music critic for France 24's Arts program, Encore, [13] reporting on music trends from destinations including Tripoli and Beirut, [14] and interviewed high-profile artists and entertainers including Australian music icon Paul Kelly. [15]

Since 2019, Saab has presented for Australia's national ABC News channel, appearing as an evening news anchor. [16] She covered the worst of the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season. Her work has also appeared on various ABC digital platforms. [17]

In the media

In September 2020, Saab featured in the Australian edition of Marie Claire , commenting alongside a diverse group of high-profile Australians about their hopes and dreams for the Australian nation and its growing need for change when it comes to much of the country's cultural, social and environmental framework. [18]

In the December 2020 edition of Australian Marie Claire, Saab featured alongside her husband and their two children in a portfolio of candid moments honouring the COVID-19 pandemic year that was, and joining in celebration of family, high fashion and frills fit for the festive season. [19]

Personal

Saab is married to Franco-Lebanese musician Rami Khalifé. [20] The couple met when she interviewed him for SBS broadcasting during a music tour in Australia in 2009. [21]

Saab is praised for her fashion sense on screen. [22]

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  3. ↑ "Producer, Mariam Saab and her son, with pianist Rami Khalife and Marcel Khalife". Radio National. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Mariam Saab". The McDonald College – Performance Centred K–12. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  5. ↑ Majida Abboud-Saab former EP of SBS Arabic Radio introduces Session 2 (YouTube, 2013)
  6. ↑ Dick, Tim (21 October 2010). "What's so special about SBS now?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  7. ↑ Ang, Ien; Ang, Len; Hawkins, Gay; Dabboussy, Lamia (2008). The SBS Story: The Challenge of Diversity. UNSW Press. ISBN   978-0-86840-839-2.
  8. ↑ "Mariam Saab". www.dailystar.com.lb. Archived from the original on 18 December 2017.
  9. ↑ Alami, Mona (April 2014). The Impact of the Syria Crisis on Salafis and Jihadis in Lebanon (PDF) (Report). MEI Policy Focus 2014-3. Middle East Institute.
  10. ↑ "Producer, Mariam Saab and her son, with pianist Rami Khalife and Marcel Khalife". Radio National. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "Beirut Music and Art Festival: 'This is just the beginning'". www.dailystar.com.lb. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "Encore! - Artists around the world say 'We are Charlie'". France 24. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  13. ↑ "Mariam SAAB: news, videos, reports and analysis". France 24.
  14. ↑ Mashrou’ Leila on sexuality, love, beauty and music (YouTube, October 2014)
  15. ↑ Australian music icon Paul Kelly: 'Life is Fine' (YouTube, 2017)
  16. ↑ "ABC News Weekend". www.abcaustralia.net.au. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  17. ↑ "Marcel Khalife's return to post-revolutionary Tunisia". Radio National. 18 April 2013.
  18. ↑ "Australian Celebrities, Journalists And Activists On Australia's Future". Marie Claire. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  19. ↑ "9 Uber-Stylish Australian Families On What Family Means To Them". Marie Claire. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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  21. ↑ Cornwell, Jane. 2013. Grand oud man of music. The Australian 25 Nov 2013: p.13.
  22. ↑ "Australian Celebrities, Journalists And Activists On Australia's Future". Marie Claire. 27 August 2020.
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