Mishal Husain
Mishal Husain presents BBC1’s News at Ten on Sunday evenings, and is a familiar face to viewers around the world as a key presenter on BBC World News. Her wide ranging talents have also been seen on programmes as diverse as BBC1's Breakfast, BBC2’s The Culture Show, and Radio 4’s Profile and You and Yours.
Mishal forged her international reputation as the first Washington-based presenter for the BBC, fronting news programmes around the time of the Iraq war and developing a keen following among US viewers. She is also known for presenting live on location for the BBC, including coverage of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination in 2007 and the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Mishal's three-part documentary series for BBC2 on the life of Mahatma Gandhi aired in October 2009. Her other ventures outside news and current affairs have included being the questioner on BBC2's The Cram in 2004 and BBC1's Hardspell and Starspell in 2005.
Mishal was born in the UK in 1973 but grew up in the Middle East. She was educated at Cambridge University, where she read law, and then at the European University Institute in Florence, where she completed a Master’s in human rights law.
Her interest in human rights and the law remains in place and she has both judged and hosted the Amnesty International Media Awards. This year, she also chaired the judging panel for the Orange Prize for New Writers, and was named by the Times as one of the five most influential Muslim women in Britain.
To watch Mishal's showreel go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRGtzcTm6S8
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