Salam Kamel Karam (born 9 March 1975) is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 journalist

Journalist

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Salam Karam was born in Baghdad

Baghdad

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 in Iraq

Iraq

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. He speaks fluent Arabic

Arabic language

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 as well as Swedish

Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...

. He has a bachelor's degree in Middle-Eastern studies from Uppsala University

Uppsala University

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. He has worked as a Middle East reporter for the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet

Svenska Dagbladet

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and in the radio program Godmorgon, världen!

Godmorgon, världen!

Godmorgon, världen! is a long-running Swedish radio programme, sent on the Sveriges Radio channel P1 between 9 and 11 every Sunday morning since 1986. The programme covers the news of the last week with reports and interviews, includes a panel of selected Swedish media personalities who comment...

. He has been noted for writing several articles exposing religious extremism and antisemitism among Sweden's Muslims.