Career
Zubeida has been responsible for bringing to the Today programme high profile, exclusive interviews, superb reportage from a war zone and domestic social analysis and investigative work. She was one of the first reporters to get into Pakistan, arriving 24 hours after September 11, and reported on the war from there, and in Afghanistan, for nearly three months continuously. She was the first British journalist to secure an interview with the Taliban and the only woman they spoke to throughout the war. Her reports from Israeli-occupied Palestine produced some of her finest work including a feature profiling a Palestinian suicide bomber and an interview with the elusive leader of Hamas. She excels at being first with the news and breaking big news stories. "She is fresh, relaxed yet unassuming - really exceptional. She breaks stories in the context of unearthing fresh news and information. She has broken virtually more stories than any other reporter and has won numerous awards.
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