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See Rageh Omaar in Hargeisa (Somaliland)and other countries, filming Child Slavery on BBC2: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1306704210917722516 Born in the Somali capital Mogadishu, Omaar is a son of a wealthy Isaaq businessman from the north of Somalia (. His family were originally from
Hargeisa, in the Republic of Somaliland. Omaar came to Britain when he was 6. He was educated at two independent schools: at the Dragon School in Oxford, Oxfordshire and Cheltenham College in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, before reading Modern History at New College at the University of Oxford. His
career highlights include reporting live from war-torn Somalia and Iraq. He began his journalistic career as a trainee for The Voice newspaper, and in 1991 he moved to Ethiopia where he freelanced as a foreign correspondent, working mainly for the BBC World Service. A year later, he returned to Lon
don to work as a producer and broadcast journalist for the BBC. He moved to South Africa after being appointed the BBC's Africa correspondent - his wife and children were based there through 2004, and his regular commuting made domestic life difficult. Career: Rageh Omaar established himself as an
internationally recognised journalist when he reported for the BBC during the American led invasion of Iraq. It was during this time that he was nicknamed the "Scud Stud" by the New York Post. Since leaving the BBC he has presented a number of documentaries and written two books. He joined the n
ew english channel Al Jazeera international.Rageh Omaar presents the channel's daily documentary strand Witness. The programme gives voice to actual witnesses of global affairs, featuring human stories made by storytellers from all walks of life, together with expert analysis, interviews and in-dept
h discussion. Content is also gathered from the channel's broadcast centres and draws on a new breed of video journalists reaching parts of the world often ignored. Witness also brings together the best documentaries from around the world, and allows air time for access-driven video journalists. Bo
rn in Somalian capital Mogadishu, Omaar is a son of a wealthy Isaaq businessman from the north of Somalia. His family were originally from Hargeisa in the unrecognized Republic of Somaliland. Omaar came to Britain when he was 6. He was educated at two independent schools: at the Dragon School in Oxf
ord, Oxfordshire and Cheltenham College in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, before reading Modern History at New College at the University of Oxford. His career highlights include reporting live from war-torn Somalia and Iraq. He began his journalistic career as a trainee for The Voice newspaper, and i
n 1991 he moved to Ethiopia where he freelanced as a foreign correspondent, working mainly for the BBC World Service. A year later, he returned to London to work as a producer and broadcast journalist for the BBC. He moved to South Africa after being appointed the BBC's Africa correspondent - his wi
fe and children were based there through 2004, and his regular commuting made domestic life difficult [1] During his coverage of the Iraq war, almost 90% of the population watched him on either the weekday BBC news bulletins, or on News 24. Many of his broadcasts were syndicated across the U.S., wh
ere the Washington Post labelled him the Scud Stud. He has written a book about his time as the BBC's Iraq correspondent called Revolution Day. The book deals with the effects of the Saddam Hussein regime, UN sanctions and the Iraq War on Iraqi civilians. He is the recipient of an EMMA (Ethnic Mult
icultural Media Academy) award for the best media correspondent[2]. He is now a Middle Eastern correspondent for the UK Broadcasting Division of Al Jazeera News. Personal life In 2000 he married Georgiana Rose "Nina" Montgomery-Cuninghame, the daughter of Sir John Montgomery-Cuninghame of Corsehil
l, Bt. They live in Chiswick, West London, with their children Loula, 5, and Sami, 3 (ages as of February 2006) Well Done Rageh, proud to be British and Somali. www.myspace.com/ragehomaar

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