Arwa Damon

Ms. Arwa Damon
Correspondent, CNN International

Ms. Damon is CNN's Beirut correspondent covering stories from Lebanon and the surrounding region.
She is an award-winning journalist who continues to report from Baghdad on assignment throughout the year.

Ms. Damon was the first television reporter allowed inside the Khamiya women’s prison and reported on the desperate situation of the women behind bars.

Before joining CNN, she spent three years covering Iraq and the Middle East as a freelance producer for various news organizations including Feature Story News (PBS) and CNN.

Ms. Damon graduated with honors from Skidmore College in New York with a double major in French and Biology and a minor in International Affairs.

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Testimonials

H.E. Dr. Jihad Azour

Just to tell how impressed I was by the sixth annual session of NAWF. It was indeed an extremely interesting conference with excellent discussions. The quality of topics and speakers made this event very successful and contributed to enrich the debate on women's issues in the Middle East.
Mrs. Rana Ghandour Salhab

The group of presenters and panelists this year was very good, and I found the event successful and on topic. I commend you and your team for selecting such an excellent array of women and men leaders from across the region who shared their experiences and their views on the opportunities and challenges for women entrepreneurs in the Arab region. I wish you the best in future events.
Ms. Nadereh Chamlou

Thank you so much for inviting me to join you in this conference. I thoroughly enjoyed it and learnt a great deal.
Ms. Tania Moussallem

The efforts you invested resulted in a great, well organized conference with interesting and inspiring panels and speakers.
Ms. May Habib

Mabrouk on a wonderful conference. We found it inspiring and very useful as a networking event. Your team was friendly and high professional - thank you.
Aurelien LECHEVALLIER

Thank you very much, and bravo for this lovely 5th edition of NAWF! All of us highly appreciate that the event was very well organized, the exchanges (sometimes quite lively!) as well as the quality of the speakers.