Rami Abdel Rahman

My CV

Rami M. Abdel Rahman

Office address:
C/O Stina Richlen
Erstagatan 28
Stockholm, 11636, Sweden
Tel: (+46) 737 85 21 21
Email: ramigard@gmail.com

PROFILE

A journalist specialized in Middle East, Sweden, Economics, Globalization, Climate, Energy, Integration, among other subjects.

Researcher, lecturer about new media (i.e. blogs, social networks) and conflict resolution in the Middle East.

EDUCATION

MA Global Journalism, 2006, Örebro University, Sweden
BA Economics, 2004, Amman University, Jordan

Scholarships: Masters for Key Personnel Scholarship, 2005-2006, granted by the Swedish Institute

CAREER

2007 to date

Journalist / Producer at the Swedish Public Service Radio (Sveriges Radio). on freelance basis In charge of producing daily news programmes in Arabic, English and Swedish – deals mostly with immigration, integration, security, the European Union, and climate. Duties include producing web material.

2005 to date

Lecturer on Middle East, Blogs, Web Journalism at Örebro University Humanities Department, and Stockholm University’s Journalism department (JMK), Oslo University College, Kalmar University College.

Freelance reporter and columnist for different media across the world, including the Swedish Institute, www.thelocal.se – Sweden’s English news portal, UNDP Choices Magazine, www.Cafebabel.com, www.ooskanews.com, www.newsvine.com, among others.

Writes weekly investment analysis and commentaries on water sector investments in Asia, Africa, Middle East, and FSU countries for the Weekly Water Report, published by OoskaNews in VA, USA.

2002 – 2005

World News and Economy Editor, The Jordan Times

Reporter, producer Reuters TV (covering “post-war Iraq”)

Public Relations consultant for the Jordanian E-Government and E-Education commission, France Telecom and others.

Reporter and photojournalist: Home, Politics and Business news, The Jordan Times

Further Education

- Young Leaders Visitors Program (Participant) – Swedish Institute, Hyper Island and others 2009.

- Media and the Global War on Journalism – Örebro University, 2008.
- Radio Production – Sveriges Radio Utbildning, 2007.
- Global Inter-media Dialouge Forum, Oslo, Norway 2007 (Moderator – global journalism ethics seminar)
- War and Peace Journalism, Oslo University, Norway 2006
- Media and International Development, Tampere University and the Swedish School of Social Sciences, Finland 2005
- Reporting on government and parliament news, International Centre for Journalists, Amman, Jordan 2004
- Journalism and intellectual property, International Organization for Intellectual Property, Geneva, Switzerland 2004
- Economy Reporting, Al-Rai Research Centre, Amman, Jordan 2004
- Investigative Reporting, Thompson Foundation, Amman, Jordan 2003
- World Economic Forum (Participant) Jordan (2004 – 2005) Switzerland (2005)

PERSONAL DETAILS

Gender: Male
Date of Birth: January 30, 1982
Languages: Arabic (Fluent), English (Fluent), Swedish (Very good), Norwegian (basic), French (basic)

- har uppehållstillstånd i Sverige, pn 8201301978

INTERESTS

Music composition, performance and production (Owns a fully digitized production studio)
Horse back riding.

Citizen journalism, blogging and new media. Own blog has been featured in The LA Times, The Columbia Journalism Review, Global Voices Online, Helsinki Sanomat, Hemmets Vän, Nerikes Allehanda, The Swedish Institute’s Alumni Newsletter, NPR, TV8 World in Focus, and others. Blog currently ranks at top 50 Swedish cultural blogs.