Wael Dahdouh
 Wael Dahdouh    (journalist) | |
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| Born | Wael Hamdan Ibrahim Al-Dahdouh 30 April 1970 |
| Alma mater | Islamic University of Gaza, Al-Quds University |
Wael Dahdouh is a Palestinian journalist and the bureau chief of Al Jazeera in Gaza City.
Early life and education
Wael Dahdouh was born on 30 April 1970 in the Zaytoun neighbourhood, the oldest neighbourhood of Gaza City. He grew up in a well-off Gazan family, whose origins are from the Arabian Peninsula. He received his primary and secondary education in several schools in Gaza City. He spent seven years in the prisons of the Israeli occupation immediately after obtaining his high school diploma in 1988. He again obtained a high school diploma in an Israeli prison. He received BA in journalism and media from the Islamic University of Gaza in 1998, after the occupation prevented him from traveling to study abroad he received a master's degree in regional studies from Al-Quds University, Abu Dis, in 2007.
Career
Wael Dahdouh started work for the press in 1998. He worked for the Palestinian newspaper Al-Quds as a correspondent in Gaza, and wrote for other Palestinian magazines, then worked as a correspondent for the radio Voice of Palestine, as well as for Sahar satellite channel at the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Intifada in 2000. He also worked as a correspondent for the Al Arabiya in 2003, then moved to work as a reporter and official in the Al-Jazeera office in the Gaza Strip since 2004.
Awards and honours
- Peace Through Media Award (2013) by the International Media Awards in London
- Hamas Award from Khalil al-Hayya, deputy head of Hamas in Gaza
Personal life
Wael Dahdouh was married and had a son and a daughter.
Dahdouh’s wife, son (a high school senior), and 7-year-old daughter were killed during the October 2023 Gaza−Israel conflict by an Israeli airstrike of the house where they were residing in the Nuseirat camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip.[1]
References
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