Shahnaz Pakravan is a radio and television presenter.

Education

Pakravan was educated at Moreton Hall School

Moreton Hall School

Moreton Hall School is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 4 to 18 and boys aged 4 to 11 years, situated in North Shropshire four miles from the historic market town of Oswestry. Founded in 1913, Moreton Hall is looking forward to its centenary celebrations in 2012/13...

, a girls' independent

Independent school

An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...

 boarding school in Oswestry

Oswestry

Oswestry is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483, and A495 roads....

, Shropshire

Shropshire

Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...

, in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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Life and career

Pakravan is a former news presenter on BBC World

BBC World

BBC World News is the BBC's international news and current affairs television channel. It has the largest audience of any BBC channel in the world...

, BBC News 24

BBC News 24

BBC News is the BBC's 24-hour rolling news television network in the United Kingdom. The channel launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 17:30 as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic television channels, becoming the first competitor to Sky News, which had been running since 1989...

 and news anchor for Channel Four's daily breakfast news and business programme Channel Four Daily and Dubai Television. She appeared as an 'Indian woman' in the 1980s sit-com Drop the Dead Donkey. She also anchored and reported for the BBC's science and technology programme Tomorrow's World

Tomorrow's World

Tomorrow's World was a long-running BBC television series, showcasing new developments in the world of science and technology. First aired on 7 July 1965 on BBC1, it ran for 38 years until it was cancelled at the beginning of 2003.- Content :...

, Channel Four Health programme Health Alert and produced and presented Arab World Direct for BBC World. Her radio work has included hosting BBC Radio Four's Woman's Hour.

Pakravan hosted Arab World Direct, aired all over the Arab world, including Saudi Arabia for a special 9-11 edition which featured an extended interview with Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki Al Saud, former Governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority. Other high-profile interviews include Jordan's King Abdullah

Abdullah II of Jordan

Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein is the reigning King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He ascended the throne on 7 February 1999 after the death of his father King Hussein. King Abdullah, whose mother is Princess Muna al-Hussein, is a member of the Hashemite family...

 and the new UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , also Sheikh Mohammed, , is the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates , and absolute monarch of Dubai.-Personal life and education:...

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More recently she has been running the 200-year-old Bridge Hotel, in Helmsdale, Sutherland, on the east coast of Scotland (though is looking to sell).

External links

• http://www.bridgehotel.net