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Mahmoud Ghazayel

Mahmoud Ghazayel (Arabic: محمود غزيّل) is a Lebanese journalist. He collaborates with various media companies and organisations in training aspiring journalists on how to combat the spread of false news.

Early years

Ghazayel was born in Barja, Lebanon in 1987. He graduated from the Lebanese University with a Bachelor’s in written journalism in 2009.

Career

Ghazayel worked in the media bureau of the Future Movement (Arabic: تيّار المستقبل) from 2008 until 2012 before moving on to the esteemed Al-Hayat Pan Arab Newspaper until 2014.

From that year, he moved to the United Arab Emirates, where he continues working with 24 Media Studies from Abu Dhabi.

Contribution Throughout his career, Ghazayel has collaborated with numerous Lebanese and international organisations and companies in leveraging the value of news verification in the Arab region.

In 2017, Ghazayel published a news verification Book entitled "Social Newsgathering & News Verification in the Arab World", as part of a collaboration with the Al-Jazeera Media Institue, available online in English and Arabic.

Member of the Swedish Institute alumni, after completing the YLVP program in 2018.

In 2018, he started to contribute to the leading regional Fact-Checking network Fatabyyano.