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Canadian journalist

Nahlah Ayed (Arabic: نهله عَايِد) is a Canadian journalist, who is currently the host of the academic documentary program Ideas on CBC Radio One and a reporter with CBC News.

She was previously a foreign correspondent with the network and has also worked as a parliamentary correspondent under The Canadian Press.

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Her reporting on contemporary Middle Eastern politics has garnered multiple awards, both domestic and international.

Early life

Ayed was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1970 to Palestinian refugees Hassan and Nariman Ayed.

The couple had immigrated to Canada in 1966 after experiencing difficulty in Germany, where Ayed’s father Hassan had initially sought refuge, and lived in suburban Winnipeg until Ayed was six years old. Despite living in a primarily white neighbourhood, Ayed’s parents sought to give her and her three siblings a traditional Arab upbringing: from a young age, Ayed became fluent in English, French, and Arabic, learn