Guest host Nahlah Ayed

We are delighted to welcome Nahlah Ayed to The Sunday Edition as our guest-host on July 23 and July 30.

Nahlah is a foreign correspondent for the CBC, based in London.

She is a veteran of foreign reportage, covering major world events from the refugee crisis unfolding across Europe, the dying days of Iran under international sanctions, to the attacks in Paris, London, and Manchester, and the conflict in Ukraine.

She also spent nearly a decade in the Middle East, filing extensively for CBC television, radio and online on numerous conflicts, every day life, and later, the Arab uprisings.

Her work has been recognized repeatedly through several awards, countless nominations, and an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Manitoba for distinguished achievement.

A former parliamentary reporter for The Canadian Press, Ayed is a graduate of Carleton University's Master of Journalism program.

She also holds a master's degree in interdisciplinary studies and a B.Sc. in genetics from the University of Manitoba.

She was born and raised in Winnipeg.

Her memoir, A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter's Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring, was published in 2012.