Wassila Oulmi

Al Jazeera Media Network

TV Presentation

Bio

Wassila Oulmi is a senior news anchor and presenter at Al Jazeera Arabic channel, known for her extensive field coverage. She notably reported on the Rohingya tragedy, delivering the first live television broadcast from inside Rohingya minority camps. Wassila is among the select few presenters who ventured into Syria to provide on-the-ground news coverage during the sixth anniversary of the Syrian revolution. Additionally, she has covered significant elections, including the 2022 French presidential elections and the 2023 Turkish presidential elections.

Experience

- Throughout her career, Wassila has collaborated with various media organizations, spanning print journalism, radio, and television. - She commenced her career at the Algerian newspaper "Al-Youm". - Wassila worked in Al-Ahram's office in Algeria as a reporter covering Maghreb affairs, later becoming a correspondent for the Nile News channel. - She served as a cooperating correspondent for the London-based newspaper Al-Hayat from Algeria. - After relocating to Cairo for studies and work, she became a correspondent for the Algerian newspaper El Khabar and the Algerian state radio from Cairo. - Wassila worked as a correspondent for the Iraqi Al-Nahrain TV from Cairo and then as a presenter at Be'ati TV, specializing in environmental issues, before joining Al-Sa'a TV as a presenter for major bulletins. - In 2008, Wassila joined Al Jazeera.