Lihat sumber Rageh Omaar

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{{Infobox person|image=Rageh Omaar.jpg|image_size=|name=Rageh Omaar|native_name=Raage Oomaar|native_name_lang=ar|birth_date={{birth date and age|1967|07|19|df=y}}|birth_place=[[Mogadishu]], Somalia|origin=[[Hargeisa]], Somalia|occupation=Journalist, author|alma_mater=[[New College, Oxford]]|religion=[[Sunni Islam]]}}
'''Rageh Omaar''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|æ|g|i|_|ˈ|oʊ|m|ɑː|}}; {{lang-so|''Raage Oomaar''}}, {{lang-ar|{{script|Arab|راجه اومار}}}}; lahir 19 Juli 1967 seorang penulis dan wartawan [[Somali people|Somali]]-kelahiran Inggris. Buku terbarunya ''Only Half of Me'' berkaitan dengan ketegangan antara dua identitas dirinya. Dia dahulu bekerja sebagai bagian koresponden di BBC, di mana namanya muncul saat mewartakan berita dari [[Iraq|Irak]]. Pada September 2006, Rageh pindah ke stasiun baru [[Al Jazeera English]], di mana ia mempersembahkan seri dokumenter mingguan setiap malam ''Witnesshingga'' Januari 2010. ''The Rageh Omaar Report'', first aired February 2010, is a one-hour, monthly investigative documentary in which he reports on important international current affairs stories. From January 2013, he became a special correspondent and presenter for [[ITV News]], reporting on a broad range of news stories, as well as producing special in-depth reports from all around the UK and further afield. A year after his appointment, Omaar was promoted to International Affairs Editor for ITV News.

== Personal life ==
Omaar lahir pada tahun 1967 di [[Mogadishu]], the capital of [[Somalia]].<ref name="Mwro">{{cite news|title=My week: Rageh Omaar|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/12/broadcasting.theobserver|accessdate=29 June 2014|agency=The Guardian|date=12 November 2006}}</ref> He is the son of a wealthy businessman from the northwestern [[Somaliland]] region of [[Somalia]]. A [[Muslim]], his family is originally from [[Hargeisa]].<ref name="Ppragom">{{cite web|url=http://www.primeperformersagency.co.uk/profile/rageh-omaar/|title=Prime Performers – Rageh Omaar|publisher=Primeperformersagency.co.uk|date=|accessdate=2014-07-31}}</ref>

Rageh has several siblings. His elder brother, [[Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar]], was a former Foreign Minister of Somalia.<ref name="Rscn">{{cite news|title=Somali cabinet named|url=http://wardheernews.com/News_09/Feb/21_som_new%20_cabinet.html|accessdate=29 June 2014|agency=Reuters|date=21 January 2009}}</ref>

At the age of two, Rageh moved to the United Kingdom. He thereafter attended two independent schools, the [[Dragon School]] in [[Oxford]] and [[Cheltenham College]] in [[Cheltenham]], [[Gloucestershire]]. Omaar later studied [[Modern History]] at [[New College, Oxford|New College]] at the [[University of Oxford]].<ref name="Ppragom" />

Omaar is married to Georgiana Rose "Nina" Montgomery-Cuninghame, the daughter of [[Sir John Montgomery-Cuninghame, 12th Baronet|Sir John Montgomery-Cuninghame of Corsehill]]. The couple live in [[Chiswick]], west London, with their three children's and a son named four sons in another marriage one named Faisal asharow.<ref name="Mwro" />

He maintains close contact with his family in Somalia, is an activist for the Somali community, and regularly attends its lectures and events.<ref name="Mwro" />

== Journalism ==

=== General ===
Omaar began his journalistic career as a trainee for ''[[The Voice (newspaper)|The Voice]]'' newspaper. In 1991, he moved to [[Ethiopia]] where he freelanced as a foreign correspondent, working mainly for the [[BBC World Service]]. A year later, Omaar returned to London to work as a producer and broadcast journalist for the BBC. He moved to South Africa after having been appointed the BBC's Africa correspondent. Omaar's wife and children were based there through 2004, and his regular commuting made domestic life a challenge.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20029-2027561,00.html|title=Farewell to the front line (for now)|date=7 February 2006|first=Damian|last=Whitworth|publisher=[[Times Online]]|accessdate=28 August 2007|location=London}}</ref>

His career highlights include reporting live on the conflicts in [[Somali Civil War|Somalia]] and [[Iraq War of 2003|Iraq]].

=== BBC ===
Omaar covered the [[Iraq War|Iraq invasion]] for the weekday BBC news bulletins and [[BBC News (TV channel)|
BBC News]]. Many of his broadcasts were syndicated across the United States, where he became known as the ''Scud Stud''.<ref>{{cite news|title=ITV fails in bid to woo Rageh Omaar|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/itv-fails-in-bid-to-woo-rageh-omaar/1089351.article|accessdate=2 January 2014|newspaper=Broadcastnow|date=26 February 2004}}</ref>

Omaar has written a book about his time as the BBC's Iraq correspondent called ''Revolution Day''. The book deals with the effects of the [[Saddam Hussein]] regime, [[UN sanctions on Iraq|UN sanctions]], and of the war on Iraqi civilians.

Explaining why he eventually left the BBC, Omaar suggested that he wanted to operate independently and to take on assignments for people he wished to collaborate with. He also suggested that the BBC working environment was somewhat exclusivist on a class basis, and that he was guilty of this as well to some degree as a consequence of his public school upbringing.<ref name="questiontime" />

Additionally, Omaar has expressed regret about the way in which he covered the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]] during his time as a BBC correspondent. He suggested that he and his colleagues we did pieces on Sadam Hussein, his regime and weapons inspectors, while devoting comparatively little coverage to the Iraqi people.<ref name="questiontime">{{cite news|url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2013401,00.html|title=Question Time: Rageh Omar|date=15 February 2007|first=Hannah|last=Pool|publisher=[[Media Guardian]]|location=London}}</ref> Interviewed in [[John Pilger]]'s documentary ''[[The War You Don't See]]'' (2010), Omaar also lamented that "one didn't press the most uncomfortable buttons hard enough" and called the coverage "a giant echo chamber".<ref>John Pilger [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/10/war-media-propaganda-iraq-lies "Why are wars not being reported honestly?"], ''The Guardian'', 10 December 2010</ref>

=== Al Jazeera ===
In September 2006, Omaar joined [[Al Jazeera English]].<ref name="Erobtjaw">{{cite web|url=http://www.emmainteractive.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13538&Itemid=3320|title=Rageh Omaar - Best TV Journalist Award Winner 2002-2003|publisher=Emmainteractive.com|date=|accessdate=2014-07-31}}</ref> He served as a Middle Eastern correspondent for its London Division.<ref name="Ppragom" />

During his time with the news organization, Omaar presented the nightly weekday documentary series ''Witness''.<ref name="Erobtjaw" /> He also hosted the monthly ''The Rageh Omaar Report'', his own investigative documentaries.<ref name="Ppragom" />

=== ITV News ===
In January 2013, it was announced that Omaar would be joining [[ITV News]] as a special correspondent.<ref>{{cite news|last=Plunkett|first=John|title=Rageh Omaar joins ITV News|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jan/08/rageh-omaar-joins-itv-news|accessdate=20 July 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=8 January 2013}}</ref> He was promoted the following year to ITV News' International Affairs Editor.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rageh Omaar goes beyond the headlines for new ITV current affairs series|publisher=ITV Press Centre|date=27 January 2014|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/rageh-omaar-goes-beyond-headlines-new-itv-current-affairs-series#.Uuaf8xBFCM8|accessdate=2014-01-27}}</ref>

Since October 2015, as well as his duties as International Affairs Editor, Rageh is now also a Deputy Anchor on ''[[ITV News at Ten]]'', sharing this role with [[Julie Etchingham]].

== Awards and nominations ==
In 2003, Omaar was the recipient of an [[Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy]] award for the best TV journalist.<ref name="Erobtjaw" />

In 2008, he was also presented the [[Arab Media Watch|Arab Media Watch Award]] for excellence in journalism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/32128237/our-writers-win-more-awards|title=Our writers win more awards|publisher=Connection.ebscohost.com|date=|accessdate=2014-07-31}}</ref>

In January 2014 and 2015, Omaar was nominated for the Services to Media award at the [[British Muslim Awards]].<ref name="asianimage1">{{cite news|last=|first=|url=http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/united_kingdom/10978079.British_Muslim_Awards_2014_winners/|title=British Muslim Awards 2014 winners|work=|location=|publisher=''Asian Image''|date=31 January 2014|accessdate=1 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="asianimage2">{{cite news|last=|first=|url=http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/business/11745550.British_Muslim_Awards_2015_finalists_unveiled/|title=British Muslim Awards 2015 finalists unveiled|work=|location=|publisher=''Asian Image''|date=23 January 2015|accessdate=1 November 2015}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Michael Symmons Roberts]], author of the book ''The Miracles of Jesus'' that accompanies the TV series

== Other works ==

=== Television ===
* ''[[Race: Science's Last Taboo|Race and Intelligence: Science's last taboo]]''. TV documentary for Channel 4 : October 2009.
* ''Pakistan's War''. TV documentary for [[Al Jazeera English]] (Mid-Winter Production 2008/09)
* ''Iran Season'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/general/2009/01/2009119142752747113.html|title=Iran season - General|publisher=Al Jazeera English|date=|accessdate=2014-07-31}}</ref> TV documentary for [[Al Jazeera English]] : January 2009
*  ''Islam in America'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/general/2008/10/2008102413412988551.html|title=Islam in America - General|publisher=Al Jazeera English|date=|accessdate=2014-07-31}}</ref> TV documentary for Al Jazeera English : October 2008
* ''An Islamic History of Europe'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/islamic-history-europe.shtml|title=BBC iPlayer - BBC Four|publisher=Bbc.co.uk|date=|accessdate=2014-07-31}}</ref> TV documentary for [[BBC Four]] : August 2005
* ''The Miracles of Jesus'',<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/miracles/] {{wayback|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/miracles/|date=20060822011838|df=y}}</ref> TV documentary for [[BBC One]] : beginning on 6 August 2006
* ''Rageh Inside Iran'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfIWvJgRNvo|title=Behind the Rhetoric The Real Iran BBC Documentary YouTube|accessdate=2015-05-02}}</ref> TV documentary for [[BBC Four]]
* ''The Dead Sea Scrolls''. TV documentary [[BBC Four]]
* ''Immigration: The Inconvenient Truth'', a three part [[Channel 4]] [[Dispatches (TV series)|Dispatches]] documentary, on how immigration has affected Britain, using [[Enoch Powell]]'s 1968 ''[[Rivers of Blood]]'' speech as a starting point (7 to 21 April 2008)
* ''The Vicar of Baghdad'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frrme.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=117&Itemid=48|title=Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East|publisher=Frrme.org|date=2014-07-26|accessdate=2014-07-31}}</ref> TV documentary [[ITV1]]
* ''[[The Life of Muhammad]]''. TV documentary for [[BBC 2]]. This is a three-part series, which had its first showing on 11 July 2011 on [[BBC Two]] from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. The final edition of the series was on 25 July,on [[BBC 2]] 9 -10 pm. People on the programme included [[Karen Armstrong]].
* ''Panorama - Ivory Wars: Out of Africa'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01g6gdz|title=BBC One - Panorama, Ivory Wars: Out of Africa|publisher=Bbc.co.uk|date=2012-05-25|accessdate=2014-07-31}}</ref> TV current affairs documentary [[BBC1]] : 12 April 2012
* ''[[The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors]]'', BBC2, September 2013

=== Books ===
* ''Revolution Day: The Real Story of the Battle for Iraq'', [[Penguin Books]] (2005), ISBN 0-14-101716-3
* ''Only Half of Me: Being a Muslim in Britain'', Viking (2006), ISBN 0-670-91509-2

=== DVD ===
* ''The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors'' (region 2)

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{itv.com|id=news/meet-the-team/rageh-omaar/|title=Rageh Omaar}}
* {{Twitter|ragehomaar|Rageh Omaar}}
* [http://media.guardian.co.uk/studentmediaawards/story/0,1308,660356,00.html Guardian Interview]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3028179.stm BBC News: Our man in Baghdad]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3050886.stm BBC News: BBC's Rageh Omaar signs book deal]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3250371.stm BBC News: Reporter Rageh Omaar takes new role]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5174170.stm Rageh Omaar to explore Jesus miracles]
* [http://www.thestirrer.co.uk/ro1902071.html Interview with The Stirrer at a book signing] "The Stirrer"

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