Last updated July 2008
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Caroline Hawley is Special Correspondent for the BBC
News Channel, a post she began in 2007.
She spent the previous eight years in the Middle East – moving
between Cairo, Amman, Jerusalem and Baghdad.
Caroline covered the lead-up to the war that toppled Saddam
Hussein but was expelled from Iraq in late 2002. She returned
to Baghdad in April 2003, reporting on key moments in the
country's recent history – including the handover of power, and
the capture of Saddam Hussein as well as countless bombings and
kidnappings.
Her first job at the BBC was as Planning Editor for the Arabic
Service.
She went on to work as a reporter covering West Asia
and Africa for the BBC World Service.
Her interest in Africa
recently took her to Southern Africa to report on the Zimbabwe
crisis.
Caroline began her career in journalism with Newsweek Magazine as
Special Correspondent in Jerusalem between 1991 and 1994.
She
has also reported for several other publications including The
Times and The Independent.
Caroline won the Broadcaster of the Year Award from the London
Press Club in 2006 for her coverage of Iraq.
She studied Arabic and Islamic Studies at Oxford University.
