Hafez Al Mirazi Guest Lecture

On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, renowned television journalist Hafez Al Mirazi gives a lecture during Abdallah Schleifer’s class, Conducting Interviews.

In his lecture, Al Mirazi speaks about the difference between talent and skill; the talent a good TV host should have, and the set of skills they should acquire by practice and training. AL Mirazi also gives the students tips to become good television hosts, and tips to conduct efficient interviews.

Hafez Al Mirazi is the director of the Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism at The American University in Cairo, and professor of practice at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication. He currently presents the weekly news program, Bi-Tawqeet El Qahera (Cairo Time), on the Egyptian satellite channel Dream 2 TV. Al Mirazi has more than 30 years of experience working in both American and Arab broadcast television and radio. From 2010 to February 2011, he hosted the talk show, Studio Cairo, on Al Arabiya channel, and covered the daily events of the January 25 Revolution until the toppling of the Mubarak regime. In 2007, he helped in founding the Egyptian satellite channel Al Hayat and hosted its weekly talk show, Eye on America (2008 – 2009).

Prior to returning to his native Egypt, Al Mirazi spent 24 years living and working in Washington, D.C. He served as Al Jazeera’s U.S. bureau chief and hosted the channel’s widely viewed weekly news program, From Washington (2000 - 2007). Al Mirazi covered major news events including Middle East peace talks, presidential election campaigns, the events of 9/11 and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. While in Washington, Al Mirazi also held positions as correspondent and broadcaster at the Voice of America’s Arabic service, the BBC Arabic/World Service and the Arab Network of America. He started his career as a radio journalist with Radio Cairo's Voice of the Arabs in 1980.