Arwa Damon Biography

Emmy Award-winning journalist Arwa Damon currently works for CNN . She has been working for CNN since 2006. She is also the founder of INARA , a humanitarian organization that provides treatment to refugee children from Syria. She began her career before the start of the Iraq War in early 2003. She first worked as a correspondent for Peter Arnett’s team in Iraq before the war. She worked there for almost three years, moving to CNN in February 2006.

Early life and education of Arwa Damon

Arwa Damon was born on September 19, 1977 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States to an American father, principal of the American Community School in Beirut, and a Syrian mother who was the granddaughter of the former Prime Minister of Syria.

Damon is an Arab-American senior international correspondent for CNN, based in Beirut. Since 2003, he covered the Middle East as a freelance journalist, before joining CNN in 2006. According to his nationality, he is American, but he spent his early childhood in Turkey and Morocco and later returned to the United States after graduating from Robert College in Istanbul. , Turkey in 1994.

Damon graduated with honors from Skidmore College, New York in 1999 with a double major in French and Biology and International Affairs as a minor.

Her childhood and upbringing have allowed her to be fluent in Arabic, French, Turkish and English. She majored in French and Biology and International Affairs as a minor during her college. She follows Muslim as her religion because he was inspired by his mother, who is also a Syrian Muslim.

Arwa Damon’s professional career

Before starting her career in journalism, Arwa Damon had previous work experience in a textile manufacturer and gained people’s attention through her elegant personality. She is passionate about her work. Arwa began her journalism career with Camera Planet.

Arwa is working hard to become a top class TV announcer. Damon has covered many military and civic events during the invasion and occupation of Iraq. These include the US Army’s Battle of Najaf against the Mehdi Army and the battle to retake Samarra in 2004.

Damon has also reported on the United States Marine Corps offensive against insurgents in Fallujah and Operation Iron Curtain in Husaybah; near the border with Syria. Civil events Damon has covered include the January 2005 Iraqi elections, the October 2005 constitutional referendum vote, and the December 2005 Iraqi elections

Damon is looking for that special someone who will treat her like a princess. Currently, the beautiful lady must be having an affair with her undisclosed boyfriend of hers.

As recently as March 2017, an Iraqi family named their daughter after her as she was the source of inspiration for everyone.

charity work

Arwa Damon is a co-founder of IRARA (the International Network for Aid, Relief and Assistance), a 501(c)3 non-profit humanitarian aid organization . He provides medical services to children who have been injured in war zones like Syria. IRARA has provided medical treatment to more than 150 refugee children from Syria.

Participation in social networks

Damon has a huge fan following who can know more about her through her official social media pages like Facebook and Twitter.

Arwa Damon height and age

• Damon’s height: He is 5 feet 7 inches.
• Damon’s age as of 2020: September 19, 1977 (age 42).
• He also has a tattoo on his left arm.