Dima Khatib is the Managing Director of the award-winning AJ+ channels in four languages: English, Arabic, Spanish and French. She joined the Network in 1997 as a junior broadcast journalist in Qatar and went on to become the first female executive within Al Jazeera.

Later, Dima set up bureaus in China and Venezuela where she was Al Jazeera’s bureau chief for almost a decade. Dima has reported from over 30 countries in 5 continents, interviewing presidents and people from all walks of life.

Dima is a polyglot who has published the book, ‘Love Refugee’. She has been classified as one of the most influential Arabs online since the early days of social media.