Introduction :

Nada is an Egyptian-American journalist. She is currently the United Nations and New York reporter for the BBC.

Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education

• Nada was born on July 16, 1986, in Randolph, New Jersey, to Egyptian origin parents – Hoda Tawfik (mother) and Mohamed Tawfik (father).
• She grew up in Randolph, New Jersey, where she attended the Randolph High School. From here, she graduated in 2002, having made the Principal’s Honor Roll with a perfect grade point average of 4.0.
• Nada then attended the elite New York University from 2004 to 2007. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Middle Eastern Studies.
• Nada got engaged to the man who would become her husband, Kareem Osman, an IT employment expert, in May 2007.
• Kareem & Nada got married on December 29, 2007. Nada now has two children with her husband – a daughter and a son.
• Nada resides in Union, New Jersey, where she is raising her family. She frequently visits her relatives in Cairo, Egypt.

Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :

• Nada was a news assistant for CNN from December 2007 to September 2008. While there, she worked on iReport, one of CNN’s specials. Her duties involved researching, producing, and writing segments of the popular special. She was also involved in the interviewing and selection of some of the featured reporters.
• At CNN, Nada moved on to the New York Newsdesk, where she had many duties, including further writing, producing, and researching, as well as selecting breaking news, pitching ideas and guests to the newsroom, as well as being in charge of news wires.
• In September 2008, Nada joined the BBC’s New York offices as a producer and reporter. She has been at the BBC ever since, in various roles.
• Nada has produced several documentaries for the BBC featuring stories from Mexico and Haiti. She received an Emmy nomination for producing Inside Mexico’s Drug Wars.
• She is highly experienced in producing major news stories, as well as breaking news stories. Nada has also assisted the BBC’s engineering teams with the infrastructure needed for various language services.
• Nada spent seven months in Los Angeles, covering the BBC’s West Coast coverage as a senior producer.
• She is in charge of leading and guiding the BBC’s news teams in New York.
• From October 2015 to February 2016, Nada was also a business anchor for BBC’s Business Live.
• In November 2017, Nada also became the BBC’s United Nations reporter, alongside her New York reporter responsibilities.
• During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nada worked on an amazing documentary examining the consequences of Covid-19 on women in the workforce.

Interesting Facts and Trivia :

• In 2013, Nada was a passenger on a Boeing 777 EgyptAir flight from Cairo to New York. The plane had to make an emergency landing in Glasgow, Scotland, after Nada found a note in the toilets stating that the plane would be set on fire. Nada was accompanied on the flight by her two-year-old daughter, which made the experience even scarier. Luckily, nothing ended up happening.
• Nada travelled to Beirut and London while studying Middle Eastern studies at NYU.
• Her work on the BP oil spill and the Mexican drug wars is often lauded.

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