Mah-Rukh Ali
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Mah-Rukh Ali is a Norwegian
journalist and news anchor.
Mah-Rukh Ali was born and raised in Oslo, of Pakistani parents with three brothers. As a 14-year-old, she wrote the book Den sure virkeligheten (lit. "The Sour Reality"), released in 1996. The book elaborates on growing up in the west end of Oslo, Norway as a Muslim
girl and about feeling Norwegian but being treated differently. She was invited to write a column in Klassekampen
after that. She then took a BA degree in Lahore
from 2000 to 2002, and studied journalism at Volda University College
from 2002 to 2004.
Of Pakistan
i ancestry, in 2006 she became the first news presenter of foreign heritage in a nationwide news broadcast for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). During autumn 2006 she was employed by TV 2
, and on 15 January 2007 she co-hosted the first regular broadcast of TV 2 Nyhetskanalen
alongside Terje Svabø
.
Ali started her career in the NRK radio news in 2003, and later came to work as a reporter for Dagsrevyen
, NRK's main news broadcast, autumn 2005. She was sent as a reporter for the NRK to the earthquake struck areas of Pakistan during autumn 2005. She has also worked for the daily newspapers Aftenposten
and Dagbladet
.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
journalist and news anchor.
Mah-Rukh Ali was born and raised in Oslo, of Pakistani parents with three brothers. As a 14-year-old, she wrote the book Den sure virkeligheten (lit. "The Sour Reality"), released in 1996. The book elaborates on growing up in the west end of Oslo, Norway as a Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
girl and about feeling Norwegian but being treated differently. She was invited to write a column in Klassekampen
Klassekampen
Klassekampen is a Norwegian daily newspaper, which styles itself as "the daily left-wing newspaper".Klassekampen was founded in 1969 with a Marxist-Leninist-Maoist platform. Until recently, it was owned by The Workers' Communist Party...
after that. She then took a BA degree in Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
from 2000 to 2002, and studied journalism at Volda University College
Volda University College
Volda University College is a høgskole, a Norwegian state institution of higher education, in the village of Volda in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was established on 1 August 1994, when the Møre og Romsdal regional college and the Volda Teachers College were merged together...
from 2002 to 2004.
Of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i ancestry, in 2006 she became the first news presenter of foreign heritage in a nationwide news broadcast for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). During autumn 2006 she was employed by TV 2
TV 2 (Norway)
TV 2 is the largest commercial television station in Norway. Over 30% of the time Norwegians spend watching TV is spent watching TV 2. The station has 65% of the market for TV commercials in Norway....
, and on 15 January 2007 she co-hosted the first regular broadcast of TV 2 Nyhetskanalen
TV 2 Nyhetskanalen
TV 2 Nyhetskanalen is a Norwegian language television news channel which started broadcasting on January 15, 2007. It is Norway's first national news network in Norwegian, although Nyhetskanalen did exist from 1997 to 1998....
alongside Terje Svabø
Terje Svabø
Terje Svabø is a Norwegian journalist living in Vienna. Svabø has worked at Aftenposten, VG and NRK evening news, where he hosted the debate programs Debatt 21 and Til debatt . In 2000 he left NRK and joined the public relations agency Dinamo...
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Ali started her career in the NRK radio news in 2003, and later came to work as a reporter for Dagsrevyen
Dagsrevyen
Dagsrevyen is the daily evening news programme for the Norwegian television channel NRK1, the main channel of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation , broadcast at 7 pm. In 2007, the programme started airing simultaneously on NRK's dedicated news channel NRK2, but this arrangement ended that same...
, NRK's main news broadcast, autumn 2005. She was sent as a reporter for the NRK to the earthquake struck areas of Pakistan during autumn 2005. She has also worked for the daily newspapers Aftenposten
Aftenposten
Aftenposten is Norway's largest newspaper. It retook this position in 2010, taking it from the tabloid Verdens Gang which had been the largest newspaper for several decades. It is based in Oslo. The morning edition, which is distributed across all of Norway, had a circulation of 250,179 in 2007...
and Dagbladet
Dagbladet
Dagbladet is Norway's second largest tabloid newspaper, and the third largest newspaper overall with a circulation of 105,255 copies in 2009, 18,128 papers less than in 2008. The editor in chief is Lars Helle....
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