Randa Habib
Randa Habib has spent a quarter-century covering war, politics and economic development in the Middle East. Currently AFP's bureau chief in Amman, Jordan, she has reported extensively in Iraq and other hotspots, and interviewed royalty and top leaders throughout the region. She was granted the first interview of King Abdullah II in March 1999, less than three weeks after he became king of Jordan.
She founded the first Foreign Press Club in Jordan in 1996 and is still heading it.
Ms Habib serves on the Board of Directors/Trustees of the Jordan Media Institute (JMI), a non-profit organization aiming at improving the level of journalism in the Middle-East.
In 2001 she was awarded by the French president the decoration of "Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Merite".
She is the author of a book to be published end 2007 "Hussein père et fils, Trente années qui ont changé le Moyen-Orient" at édition "l'Archipel".
Randa Habib is a French citizen, native of Lebanon who graduated in Administrative and Political studies.
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