As a prominent presenter at one of the rawest news reporting agencies in the Middle East, Leila Sheikhali has built a reputation as part of a television network that is known to boldly disseminate controversial videos for the public to view.
The Al Jazeera network is headquarted in Doha, Qatar and provides news coverage 24 hours a day, focusing on regional conflicts. It began in 1996 as an Arabic news channel airing as a current affairs satellite TV channel. It has since grown into an international network with several outlets. Now the provider has expanded into internet services and specialty TV channels in a number of different languages.
The originality behind Al Jazeera’s work lies in the inclination to display strong opinions on the network, aired on call-in shows and video broadcasts.
Leila Sheikhali is part of a handful of female TV presenters who have dedicated their careers to providing honest, unbiased news coverage of some of the hottest conflicts in the region.