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Samira Ahmed

Samira Ahmed (born 15 June 1968) is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster at the BBC, for which she presents ''Front Row'' on Radio 4 and ''Newswatch'' on the BBC News channel and BBC One during ''BBC Breakfast'', and regularly presents radio documentaries. She was named British Broadcasting Press Guild audio presenter of the year in March 2020.

Her latest documentaries include ''Disgusted, Mary Whitehouse'' (March 2022) and ''Art of Persia'' (June 2020). She has presented Radio 3's ''Night Waves'' and Radio 4's ''PM'', ''The World Tonight'', ''Today'' and ''Sunday'', and has presented the Proms for BBC Four. She co-presents the vintage TV podcast ''Through the Square Window'' with journalist Graham Kibble-White. She is the author of a BFI Film Classics book on the Beatles' first film ''A Hard Day's Night''.

Ahmed's writing has appeared in several British publications, including ''The Guardian'', ''The Independent'' and ''The Spectator arts blog'', and she writes a regular column for ''New Humanist''. She was a reporter and presenter on ''Channel 4 News'' from 2000 to 2011. She presented ''Sunday Morning Live'', a topical discussion programme on BBC One, from 2012 to 2013. Provided by Wikipedia