Mehdi Hasan
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| Born |
Mehdi Raza Hasan 1979 (age 37–38) Swindon, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Organization | Al Jazeera English |
| Notable work | Ed: The Milibands and the making of a Labour leader |
| Television | The Café, Head To Head, UpFront |
Mehdi Raza Hasan (born July 1979) is a British political journalist, broadcaster and author.
As a journalist and author, Hasan is the co-author of a biography of Ed Miliband and the political editor of the UK version of The Huffington Post. From Shia and British Indian background, he is the presenter of Al Jazeera English shows The Café, Head to Head and UpFront.
In 2015, Hasan moved to Washington DC to work full-time for Al Jazeera on UpFront.
Hasan was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, a day independent school for boys at Sandy Lodge in the Three Rivers District of Hertfordshire, near the town of Northwood in North West London, followed by Christ Church at the University of Oxford, where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE), and graduated in 2000.
Hasan worked as a researcher and then producer on LWT's Jonathan Dimbleby programme, with a brief period in between on BBC1's The Politics Show. Following this, he became deputy executive producer on Sky's breakfast show Sunrise before moving to Channel 4 as their editor of news and current affairs. He was appointed senior editor (politics) at the New Statesman in late spring of 2009, where he stayed until May 2012, then becoming political director of The Huffington Post website.
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