Aline Abboud (born 23 January 1988)[1] is a German journalist and television presenter. Having studied Arab studies at Leipzig University, she worked for the German public broadcaster ZDF as an editor and reporter with a focus on foreign affairs. Since September 2021, Abboud presents Tagesthemen, a daily news magazine broadcast by ARD. She is the first woman born in the German Democratic Republic to hold this position.
Aline Abboud | |
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 Abboud in 2023 | |
| Born | 23 January 1988 |
| Education | Leipzig University |
| Employer | ARD |
| Known for | Presenting Tagesthemen |
Early life and education
editAline Abboud was born in 1988 in East Berlin,[2] then part of the German Democratic Republic, to a Lebanese father and a German mother.[3] She read Arab studies at Leipzig University with stints in Beirut and Istanbul.[4] Speaking to Leipziger Volkszeitung in 2021, Abboud said that she had always wished to become a journalist to cover the Middle East, and that she had chosen her field of study with this wish in mind.[5] After her studies, she volunteered at the Bundestag, Germany's federal parliament.[6]
Career
editIn 2016 Abboud became an editor at heute, a news programme broadcast by ZDF, one of Germany's two public broadcasters. She also presented heuteXpress on the same channel. From 2018, she contributed to auslandsjournal, a ZDF format on foreign affairs, as a reporter. Since 2019, she presents "DIE DA OBEN!" for the streaming service Funk. Abboud has acted as a producer on a documentary (Und jetzt Wir) about youth protests for Arte.[2] She serves on the advisory board of the Candid Foundation, a nonprofit organisation focussing on the Southern Mediterranean and Western Asia.[7]
In 2021 Abboud joined the public broadcaster ARD to succeed Pinar Atalay[8] on Tagesthemen, the channel's flagship[5] daily news magazine.[9] She is the first woman born in the German Democratic Republic to be appointed to this position.[3] On 4 September 2021, she made her debut appearance on the programme.[9]
Private life
editShe has one child.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Aline Abboud: Familie, Herkunft und Karriere der ARD-Moderatorin". 24hamburg.de (in German). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Aline Abboud wird Moderatorin bei den tagesthemen". tageschau.de (in German). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ a b "In die erste Reihe". sueddeutsche.de (in German). 21 June 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Neue Tagesthemen-Sprecherin: Dem Ritual will sie nicht folgen". 24hamburg.de (in German). 3 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Leipziger Uni-Alumna moderiert erstmals die "Tagesthemen"". LVZ.de (in German). 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Leipziger Uni-Absolventin wird neue Tagesthemen-Moderatorin". LVZ.de (in German). 21 June 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Our Advisory Board". candid-foundation.org. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Atalay, Pinar (21 June 2021). "Aline Abboud wird Moderatorin bei den Tagesthemen". Tagesschau. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ a b "So lief die Premiere der neuen "Tagesthemen"-Moderatorin". welt.de (in German). 5 September 2021.
- ^ ""Tagesthemen"-Moderatorin Aline Abboud ist Mutter geworden" (in German). T-Online. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.