Sherine Tadros is an Arab-British journalist based in the Middle East

Middle East

The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

. She is a correspondent for Al Jazeera English and based in Doha, Qatar.

After obtaining two degrees in Middle East politics, Tadros worked for the Al-Arabiya network as executive producer, before joining Al Jazeera in 2005.

During the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict

2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict

The Gaza War, known as Operation Cast Lead in Israel and as the Gaza Massacre in the Arab world, was a three-week bombing and invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israel, and hundreds of rocket attacks on south of Israel which...

, Sherine and Ayman Mohyeldin

Ayman Mohyeldin

Ayman Mohyeldin is an Arab-American journalist based in Los Angeles for NBC. Previously he worked for Al Jazeera and CNN, Ayman was one of the first western journalists allowed to enter and report on the handing over and trial of the deposed President of Iraq Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi Interim...

, her co-reporter at Al Jazeera, were the only journalists for the English-language news media reporting from inside Gaza

Gaza

Gaza , also referred to as Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, with a population of about 450,000, making it the largest city in the Palestinian territories.Inhabited since at least the 15th century BC,...

. Foreign press access to Gaza had been limited via either Egypt or Israel. However, Sherine and Ayman were already inside Gaza when the conflict began. She also covered the 2011 Egyptian revolution

2011 Egyptian revolution

The 2011 Egyptian revolution took place following a popular uprising that began on Tuesday, 25 January 2011 and is still continuing as of November 2011. The uprising was mainly a campaign of non-violent civil resistance, which featured a series of demonstrations, marches, acts of civil...

during the latter stages of the unrest.