Wadah Khanfar

Quick Facts

Full Name	Wadah Khanfar
Occupation	Business Person
Date Of Birth	Sep 20, 1968(1968-09-20)
Age	56
Birthplace	Palestine
Country	Palestine
Horoscope	Virgo

Wadah Khanfar Biography

Wadah Khanfar is one of the most popular and richest Business Person who was born on September 20, 1968 in Palestine, Palestine.

In 2001 and 2002, Khanfar reported on Afghanistan from New Delhi. Al Jazeera was unable to get its own correspondent back into the northern territories controlled by the Northern Alliance on the eve of the war, so New Delhi was used, India having a strong Northern Alliance diplomatic presence. As the Taliban regime was collapsing, Al Jazeera’s presence in Kabul was threatened by problems including US fire, and concerns from journalists and diplomats that the then bureau chief and correspondent, Tayseer Allouni had become compromised as a partisan of the Taliban cause. Khanfar was brought in to replace Allouni as Kabul bureau chief and restored working relations with the new authorities.

Khanfar became Managing Director of the Al Jazeera Channel in 2003 and Director General of the Al Jazeera Network in 2006. He spoke at the 2011 TED Conference on the ongoing Arab Spring.

Wadah Khanfar Net Worth

Wadah Khanfar is one of the richest Business Person from Palestine. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wadah Khanfar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Wadah was born in the Palestinian town of Jenin in 1968 to the Khanfar family of Yemenite origin. He obtained a bachelor of science degree in engineering at the University of Jordan in 1990 and went on to complete a post-graduate degree in philosophy, a diploma in African Studies from Sudan International University and an Honors Degree in International Politics. During this time, Khanfar started a student’s union that soon spread to several other universities and an inter-university dialogue group among students constituted from a range of political backgrounds. By 1989, the student’s union was playing an active role in debating the future of the democratic process, and Khanfar started making a name for himself as a charismatic and natural leader, helping to organize forums, protests, festivals and demonstrations for student rights.

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In September 2011, Khanfar announced to his staff and publicly on the micro- blogging platform Twitter that he would be resigning. In an emotional farewell to Al Jazeera staff he cites that the decision had been in his mind for sometime and that the target of establishing Al Jazeera as a global media leader has been met. This is also the theme of an interview broadcast on Al Jazeera where he addresses and refutes suggestions that Wikileaks and pressure from USA may have influenced his resignation. He is succeeded by Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani.

Facts & Trivia

Waylain Ranked on the list of most popular Business Person. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Palestine. Wadah Khanfar celebrates birthday on September 20 of every year.

On 20 September 2011, Khanfar announced on his official Twitter page that he was ‘moving on’ from Al Jazeera after leading the channel for 8 years.