page_title: Raghida Dergham
hierarchical_section_title: Raghida Dergham
caption_attribution_description: English: Raghida Dergham at the 2012 Halifax International Security Forum. (Note: EXIF date is incorrect, [1] shows this event took place on 17 November 2012.)
context_page_description: Raghida Dergham is a Lebanese-American journalist based in New York. She is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Beirut Institute and Columnist for The National. She served as Columnist, Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, and New York Bureau Chief for the London-based Al-Hayat daily for 28 years. She is well-known internationally as a Middle Eastern female journalist, and has received awards for her career achievements.
  Dergham sees herself as an interpreter of the Middle Eastern and American cultures for her two audiences.
context_section_description: Raghida Dergham (Arabic: راغدة درغام‎; born 1953) is a Lebanese-American journalist based in New York. She is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Beirut Institute and Columnist for The National. She served as Columnist, Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, and New York Bureau Chief for the London-based Al-Hayat daily for 28 years. She is well-known internationally as a Middle Eastern female journalist, and has received awards for her career achievements.
  Dergham sees herself as an interpreter of the Middle Eastern and American cultures for her two audiences.
caption: Dergham at the Halifax International Security Forum in 2012
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