With over 30 years of journalistic revel in spanning from Jordan to the UAE, Khitam has spent the previous 22 years reporting on nationwide and regional information from Dubai, with a powerful focal point at the UAE, GCC and broader Arab affairs.
As Leader Information Editor, she brings intensive experience in turning in breaking and tasty information to readers. Starting her tenure as a translator, she complicated via roles as Senior Translator and Leader Translator earlier than transitioning to editorial positions, culminating in her present management position. Her obligations surround tracking breaking information around the UAE and the wider Arab area, making sure well timed and correct dissemination to the general public.
Born right into a circle of relatives of reporters, Khitam’s hobby for information used to be ignited early in lifestyles. A defining second in her early life befell in September 1985 when she had the chance to communicate with the overdue British Top Minister Margaret Thatcher throughout her seek advice from to a Palestinian refugee camp north of Amman. All the way through this stumble upon, Khitam shared her circle of relatives’s stories of displacement from their house in Palestine and their next safe haven in Jordan. This poignant interplay now not handiest deepened her figuring out of geopolitical problems but in addition solidified her dedication to pursuing a profession in journalism, aiming to make clear the tales of the ones suffering from regional conflicts.
Khitam’s dedication to correct and well timed reporting drives her to hunt out information that pursuits readers, making her a depended on supply for information at the UAE and the wider Gulf area.


