2023 PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARDEE

Hiba Nasr (Lebanon)

Hiba Nasr joined Asharq News since 2020 as a Senior Correspondent in Washington, DC.  She covers the White House, State Department and Pentagon, mainly on matters related to American foreign policy and the United States’ role in the world. Hiba covered prominent global events, including the President’s visits to Ukraine, Ireland, Belfast, Tokyo, Seoul , Brussels, Warsaw, Rome, Glasgow, Brussels, Geneva, and his summits with NATO, EU leaders & the Russian President, as part of the White House Press Corps.

She was one of a few to interview Secretary Blinken in June 2023 during his visit to Saudi Arabia, Secretary Pompeo in March 2019 during his visit to Lebanon, as well as the Special Advisor to the President Jared Kushner after the rollout of the peace plan and following the announcement of the normalization agreement between Israel and UAE. She also interviewed Under Secretary Victoria Nuland, and several former and current senior US officials, and covered the United Nations General Assembly 6 times, as well as the American Elections in 2016 & 2018, 2020 & 2021 . Moreover, Hiba covered the Singapore Summit and G20 in Buenos Aires with White House Press Corps.

Before joining Asharq News, Hiba worked at Sky News Arabia Headquarters in Abu Dhabi, where she held several positions including working as their Washington Bureau Senior Correspondent, on the assignment desk in Abu Dhabi as a deputy news editor, and in the newsroom. Hiba Nasr also worked for Qatar TV for two years where she served as a news producer and was responsible of two news bulletins daily.

In Saudi Arabia, Hiba was the editor in chief for a daily talk show on Al-Ekhbariyyah TV news channel and a senior producer for a talk show on Saudi Channel One. Also served as a reporter for MBN (Al Hurra TV) in Lebanon. Also served as a reporter for MBN (Al Hurra TV) in Lebanon for a short period of time before leaving for Saudi Arabia. I worked for UPI, Future TV, and Future Newspaper in Beirut.

Hiba graduated from the faculty of information at the Lebanese University in Beirut and interned with several local media outlets. She is certificated in Personal Leadership from LMI.  In addition to being fluent in Arabic and English, she has a working knowledge of French.