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Rageh Omaar Rageh Omaar (Somali: Raage Oomaar, Arabic: راجح عمر), (born 19 July 1967) is a Somali-British television news presenter and writer. His latest book Only Half of Me deals with the tensions between these two sides    of his identity. He used to be a BBC world affairs correspondent, where he made his name reporting from Iraq. In September 2006, he moved to a new post at Al Jazeera English, where he currently presents the nightly weekday documentary series Witness.Early life Born in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, Rageh is the son of a wealthy businessman from the northwestern region of Somalia. His family is originally from Hargeisa. Rageh moved to Britain when he was two and was educated at two independent schools: the Dragon School in Oxford, Oxfordshire and Cheltenham College in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, before studying Modern History at New College at the University of Oxford. Journalism Rageh began his journalistic career as a trainee for The Voice newspaper. In 1991, he moved to Ethiopia where he freelanced as a foreign correspondent, working mainly for the BBC World Service. A year later, he returned to London to work as a producer and broadcast journalist for the BBC. He moved to South Africa after having been appointed the BBC's Africa correspondent. Omaar's wife and children were based there through 2004, and his regular commuting made domestic life difficult.[1] His career highlights include reporting live from war-torn Somalia and Iraq. Posted by Wingate |
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