Yvonne Ridley

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yvonne Ridley
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Apr 23, 1958(1958-04-23)
Age	66
Birthplace	Stanley
Country	Falkland Islands
Horoscope	Aries

Yvonne Ridley Biography

Yvonne Ridley is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on April 23, 1958 in Stanley, Falkland Islands. Yvonne Ridley, a British journalist and chair of the National Council of the now defunct Respect Party was born 23 April 1958. In 2001, the Taliban captured her. She converted to Islam later. She is a strong supporter of Palestine. As a child, she was a member of the school’s Palestine committee. She is a vocal critic of Zionism, Western media portrayals, and foreign policy in War on Terror. She has been on speaking tours across the Muslim world, as well as America and Europe. Rachel Cooke called her “something close to an idol in the Islamic World” and she was named the “most recognisable Muslim woman” in 2008.

She quit her job at Express Newspapers and said she would be returning to Afghanistan to finish the sequel to her book. Although the sequel has yet to materialize, she produced a BBC Radio Four programme called The Return in 2002 after her return and again the next year as part of a travel feature on The Observer.

Ridley was employed in 2003 by the Qatar-based media organisation Al Jazeera, where, as a senior editor, she helped launch their English-language website. In November of that year she was dismissed because Al Jazeera found her “overly-vocal and argumentative style” was incompatible with the station’s programme. Her termination of her employment was also attributed to her campaigning for journalists’ rights on the Al Jazeera English channel and website. She brought a case for unfair dismissal against the organisation, winning that case and the subsequent appeals which took four years. She was awarded 100,000 Qatari riyals, which equated to around £14,000. In December 2003, she released a novel, Ticket to Paradise, based on the backdrop of 9/11.

She converted to Islam in the middle of 2003, claiming that her new faith has helped put behind her broken marriages and embrace “the biggest and the best family in the world.”

Yvonne Ridley, a Sunday Express reporter, was taken by the Taliban in Afghanistan on the 28th September 2001. She was held for eleven days. After being denied an entry visa, Ridley decided to follow John Simpson’s lead and cross the border in a burqa, just days before the US-led invasion began.

Yvonne Ridley Net Worth

Yvonne Ridley is one of the richest Journalist from Falkland Islands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yvonne Ridley 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ridley has been married five more times. When she was 22, Ridley got married. Her second marriage to a policeman lasted seven years. She met her third husband, Daoud Zaaroura. He was the CEO of North of England Refugee Service. They have one daughter, Daisy Ridley. Their fourth husband, Ilan Hermosh, an Israeli businessman. Her fifth husband is an Algerian.

Ridley’s December 2001 memoir, In the Hands of Taliban, was published. It includes a detailed account of her 10 days in captivity. She expressed concern that Mossad, an Israeli secret service, and other intelligence agencies were planning to kill her to increase public support for the war.

In a 2003 speech at IslamExpo, she protested the attention given honour killings and female genital mutilation by the media, which “have nothing to do with Islam”. The idea that Islam oppresses women is the biggest obstacle to women accepting Islam, she argued. She herself had believed it, but in keeping her promise to her Taliban captors that she would read the Quran, she “realized I had been lied to”, and converted. On the subject of compulsory hijab, she said: “I was in Iran last year. I know the hijab is a pain for them, but they will get no sympathy from me. It is clear that the hijab is an obligation, not a choice.” Ridley complained later that she had been misquoted and said, while the hijab appeared to be an obligation it was up to individual women to make that choice.

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At a meeting of Respect on 6 June 2006, following the Forest Gate raid, Ridley urged all Muslims in Britain to “boycott the police and refuse to co-operate with them in any way, shape or form until the boys are released”, including “asking the community copper for directions to passing the time of day with a beat officer.” Her comments were labelled as “sheer, undiluted madness” by Shadow Home Secretary David Davis, who added that “To not co-operate would be of no benefit to the Muslim community; no benefit to the police; and no benefit to the security of our country.” Respect’s only MP George Galloway quickly distanced himself from her comments, saying Ridley was wrong and, “Our policy is not that we should withdraw co-operation from the police”. Ridley later claimed that she only wanted Muslim leaders to stop co-operating, not the whole community; this is not supported by her comment about not asking directions from the police. The two men were subsequently released without charge and an official apology was later issued to the family some years later by the Metropolitan Police.

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Yvonne Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Falkland Islands. Yvonne Ridley celebrates birthday on April 23 of every year.

Ridley joined the Free Gaza Movement in Cyprus in August 2008, as it headed for Gaza to challenge the Israeli-Egyptian blockade. She arrived without incident in Gaza on 23 August. During their brief stay Ridley interviewed Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh for Press TV. In early 2009, Ridley helped organise and took part in the Viva Palestina convoy of around 100 vehicles bearing aid across North Africa to Gaza via the Rafah border.