Salma Abdelaziz

Salma Abdelaziz is an award-winning International Correspondent based in London. With nearly a decade of experience reporting on frontlines from Syria, Iraq, Yemen to Israel, Gaza and the West Bank to Ukraine and Afghanistan, she has delivered distinctive coverage of some of the most consequential stories of our time. Abdelaziz’s reporting focuses on the humanitarian impact of conflict and crisis, particularly on those from marginalized communities. Her journalism puts the voices of those on the ground ahead of political statements from the halls of power. She often uses the lens of race, class, identity and lived experience to contextualize news events to a multi-platform audience. Prior to her on-air role, Abdelaziz worked behind the camera as a Field Producer on some of CNN’s toughest and most dangerous assignments. Alongside senior correspondents, she obtained exclusive access to the frontlines of the ISIS war, followed the trail of US weapons in Yemen, and travelled to Tehran as the US ramped-up sanctions. She also accepted an invitation into Taliban-territory, years prior to the fall of Kabul, and went undercover in rebel-held Syria in 2016. Born in Egypt and raised in a conservative Muslim household in the US, Abdelaziz has always seen journalism as an opportunity to bridge cultures and find common ground. Her journalism has earned her multiple Emmys and three Peabody Awards. She was also honoured by the Gracies in 2019 and won the AIB’s Breakthrough Talent award in 2018