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BBC Middle East correspondent

Orla Guerin has reported from the BBC's hub bureau in the Middle East since December

Based in Jerusalem, she was officially appointed as a BBC Middle East correspondent in January

Orla joined the BBC as news correspondent in and in January was posted to the West Coast of America (based in Los Angeles) where she handled a variety of stories including the Oscars.

She was BBC's Southern Europe correspondent - based in Rome - from July to June During this period she reported regularly on the Kosovo conflict.

Biography of albert einstein Guerin was born in Dublin and attended a convent school. Even though she was not selected at the party convention, Spring insisted that she be added to the ballot. Guerin joined the BBC in In the second half of , Guerin was based in Moscow, and covered the Kursk submarine disaster in Regularly reporting from war zones, in Guerin told Evening Standard contributor Quentin Letts about having to wear appropriate clothing:.

In she was expelled from the regional capital Pristina by Serb forces at the outset of the fighting. She reported from Macedonia on the plight of the refugees fleeing the border. Upon re-entering Kosovo - as Nato forces took control - she covered the eventual return of thousands of refugees who had been forced from their homes.

Orla also reported extensively on the conflict in the Basque country in Northern Spain.

Orla guerin biography of albert Guerin attended a convent school. She qualified as a journalist in with a Certificate in Journalism from the College of Commerce in Dublin. Orla was born and raised by her parents in Dublin. Both of my parents had to leave school at 14, and my Mother was forced to give up her job when she married, as there was a bar on married women in the workplace until Orla is married to Michael Georgy a Reuters correspondent whom she met in Bethlehem.

She broke the story of the cease-fire by the Basque separatist group ETA in October , which was a world exclusive. Her documentary on ETA for BBC Two's Correspondent programme was nominated for a Bafta award.

Between June and November , she reported from Moscow on stories including the Kursk submarine disaster and bomb attacks in the Russian capital.

Prior to joining the BBC, Orla worked as a newscaster, presenter and foreign correspondent for Ireland's RTE News. For her work with RTE, Orla won the premier accolade for broadcasters in Ireland, the Jacobs Award.

While with RTE she travelled widely, covering Eastern and Central Europe, the former Soviet Union, the break-up of the former Yugoslavia, and, the siege of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo.

Orla guerin biography of albert einstein Her work has earned her numerous accolades and awards, including an MBE for her services to journalism. She continues to be a leading figure in the field, reporting with dedication and integrity on important global events and stories. She was raised by her parents, Mr. Guerin, along with her siblings. Orla grew up attending a convent school and later graduated from the Dublin Institute of Technology with a degree in journalism in

She qualified as a journalist in with a Certificate in Journalism from the College of Commerce in Dublin. She also holds a Masters Degree in Film Studies from University College Dublin.

In Orla was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex and won the Broadcaster of the Year Award from the London Press Club.

In , she was awarded the News and Factual Award by Women in Film and Television UK.

She was born in May