Hala Gorani

Hala Basha-Gorani (born 1 March 1970) in Seattle, Washington, USA, was raised for a time in St. Louis, Missouri, then moved to Algeria with her family, but spent most of her childhood with her parents in Paris, France. She is of Syrian-American descent and is now an anchor and senior correspondent for CNN International, based in London. She anchors CNN's Hala Gorani Tonight weeknights at 8 p.m. CET. Gorani co-hosted Your World Today with Jim Clancy until February 2009 and then International Desk until April 2014 from CNN's Atlanta headquarters.