Ahmad al-Rikabi, a Swedish Iraqi, is to become the new head of Iraqi state television.
Al-Rikabi has worked in the Arabic Service of AIB Member Radio Sweden, part of Sweden’s national public-service broadcaster, Sveriges Radio. He has also been presenter of the SVT [Swedish television] programme ‘Mosaik’.
Al-Rikabi succeeds former dictator Saddam Husayn’s son Uday as head of Iraqi television. State-owned Iraqi propaganda TV is to be turned into a free medium serving democracy.