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Samar Negida

Samar Negida is an Egyptian television journalist and TV anchor. She was born in the late 80's and is known for her coverage of the Arab uprising in 2011.

Samar worked as a war-reporter during uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya.

As a young girl, she was admitted to school at the age of three at the Soeur de Charité de Sainte Jeanne-Antide, École Sainte-Anne in the quarter of Sakakini in Cairo, Egypt. After studying there for 12 years, she graduated from high school in the early 2000's. Later, she joined the American University in Cairo and studied mass communication and journalism for four years and was admitted in the university's master's degree program of the Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism and graduated in 2013 with honors.

Samar got married to her long-life friend in 2016 and are based in Cairo, Egypt. In several interviews, she always recognized her mother award-winning journalist Olfa El Sellami as her role model who "inspired her to work as a journalist".

 From 2011, she worked with several media organisations and covered the uprisings that bust in Tunisia then Egypt and Libya. She was evacuated from Benghazi two days before the NATO led strikes on Muaamar Al Gadhafi. On the same year she joined Al-Tahrir Television Network where she worked as a senior reporter for several years. She anchored the news for quite a time before presenting a talk-show discussing the Egyptian Parliament and dedicating a segment in service of her audience complaints about services they receive in different governorates.

Samar also lectures about Mass Communication and television production and practices, besides training with different entities students, fresh grads, public employees and professionals. Category:Early Life Category:Personal Life Category:Career