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NAME
Mahmoud Bouneb
DATE OF BIRTH
February 1955
CAREER
Mahmoud Bouneb holds a
Masters degree in Literature
and Civilization from
Sorbonne University, France.
In 1979 he embarked on a
series of high profile media
roles - the positions varied
from Press Advisor in Iraq to
Head of Communication and
Press at the League of Arab
States’ office in Ottawa,
Canada. Mahmoud then
moved to Europe where he
was Editor in the International
Department at the Swiss
Radio and TV Corporation,
then Chief Editor of Arab
programmes for Dutch
International Radio and TV
NOS, and later Head of the
Arab Service at Swiss Radio
International, where he stayed
for more than seven years. In
the late '90s, he moved to the
Middle East and became
Advisor to the Chairman of the
Board of Al Jazeera Channel
and President of Qatar Radio
and TV Corporation. In 2003,
he was appointed Executive
General Manager for Al
Jazeera Children’s Channel
which he launched in 2005.
Following on from this
success, Bouneb launched
Baraem TV (meaning ‘buds’),
the first free-to-air Arabic-
speaking pre-school channel,
in 2009.
MEDIA USE
He reads newspapers every
morning, during the day the
radio is on in the background.
Monitors JCC and Baraem
output, plus competitors,
Reuters are always on. Surfs
the global newswires for
latest news
FAVOURITES
Likes to watch movies, read
books and listen to music