Diana Moukalled
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Diana Moukalled
Documentary Producer, Columnist and Web Editor
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Future Television
Community/Lebanon Impact
A journalist & documentary producer/director with 25 years of experience in covering hot zones and writing and producing stories in the Middle East. Her war coverages included Lebanon, Afghanistan(2001), Iraq(2003), and Yemen(2015).
Diana has more than 50 hours of documentaries that tackled socio-political issues in the region and around the world;Women , minorities , human interest stories and many other topics. She started her career in 1993 as a general news reporter at Future TV covering news, political and social issues.
In 1999 she started working on documentary series called ”Bil Ain Almujaradah” that covered hot political and social topics in conflict zones.
The documentaries shed lights on issues that were rarely raised by Arab media especially issues related to women, minorities and democracy.
In 2010, Diana was Head of Future TV website and social media pages.
In 2017, Diana and along with 2 other founders, have launched Daraj.com; an independent media platform that addresses controversial issues that are underreported in the Arab region. Daraj was the only Arab media platform to be part of Paradise Papers by ICIJ.
Diana Moukalled is also a columnist for several publications.
Social Media
Work history
Previous Professions:
- Freelance documentary producer, 2009–present.
- Freelance Columnist (hot political and social issues), 2005-present, Asharq Al-awsatnewspaper. http://aawsat.com
- Freelance Columnist, 2005-present, dotmsr.com online magazine. http://www.dotmsr.com/
- Web and Social Media Editor, 2012-present, Future Television.
- Program & Production Manager, 2007-2012, Future News Television.
- News Reporter, 1993-2007, Future Television.
- Producer and Host, Al-ayn al-mujarada [the naked eye], 1999–2004, Future Television.
- Reporting from War Zones, Lebanon (1993, 1996, and 2006), Afghanistan (2001), and Iraq (2003), Future Television.
Major Achievements
Publications (Books, Articles, Reports, etc.):
- Moukelled, D. (Producer). (2018). Against Me [Film]. Beirut: Kafa, Violence and Exploitation.
- Moukelled, D. (Producer). (2015). History of Lebanese Cinema [Documentary Film]. Al Jazeera Channel.
- Moukelled, D. (Producer). (2015). Silent Bells: Christians of Lebanon, Past and Present [Documentary Film]. Dubai: Al Arabiya Channel.
- Moukelled, D. (Producer). (2013). Walls of Yemen [Documentary Film]. Dubai: Al Arabiya Channel.
- Moukelled, D. (Producer). (2013). Visitors of the House of Gathering: Alawites of Turkey [Documentary Film]. Dubai: Al Arabiya Channel.
- Moukelled, D. (Producer). (2011). Lights on Darkness: Violent Islam in Iraq [Documentary Film]. Beirut: Produced by Fire Horse Company.
- Moukelled, D. (Producer). (2011). Lights on Darkness: Violent Islam in Egypt [Documentary Film]. Beirut: Produced by Fire Horse Company.
- Moukelled, D. (Producer). (2011). Lights on Darkness: Violent Islam in Jordan [Documentary Film]. Beirut: Produced by Fire Horse Company.
- Moukelled, D. (Producer). (2010). About Latifa and Others [Documentary Film]. Beirut: Produced by Kafa, Violence and Exploitation.
Major achievements:
- Managing the content of the new media section of Future Television including: Website, social media pages and application.
- Supervising all programs (production, content, look and grid), acquisition of documentaries and TV spots, as well as producing news specials and documentaries, Future News Television.
- Producing more than 34 episodes of the television program Al-ayn al-mujarada [The naked eye], a documentary series that covered news in conflict areas and social issues, particularly problems of women and minorities in the region and in the world; namely, Women under Taliban (1999), Women in Iran (1999), Crimes of Honor in Jordan (2000), & New pop singers in the Arab world (2004).
Accomplishments
Awards:
- Best Documentary Award, Lebanese University, 2001.
Competences & Skills
Field(s) of Expertise:
- Journalism
- News Reporting
- Producing Documentaries
- TV Production
- War Coverage
- Social Media
- Women Issues
Languages:
- Arabic
- English