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Dena Takruri is an American journalist, producer and on-air presenter with AJ+, Al Jazeera Media Network's all digital video news network based in San Francisco, California. The videos Takruri hosts range in format from in-studio explainers that provide essential context to the biggest news stories, to interviews with experts and stakeholders, and even ground reports from where news is breaking. Subjects she’s covered include the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the #BlackLivesMatter movement in the U.S., police brutality, mass incarceration and privacy issues. Her videos about the 2014 Israel-Gaza war and Charleston, South Carolina church shooting have gone viral, netting millions of views on Facebook and hundreds of thousands of shares on YouTube. ==Career== Dena Takruri began her broadcast career in 2007 as co-host and producer on a weekly hour-long satellite television program called "What's Happening" that aired on Arab Radio and Television Network (ART). The show, which aired in North America, focused on current political, cultural and social issues related to Arab-Americans.〔https://www.linkedin.com/in/denatakruri〕 She also worked as a research assistant with (Dr. Rochelle Davis ) of Georgetown University between January 2007 and April 2008.〔https://www.linkedin.com/in/denatakruri〕 One of her duties included interviewing U.S. military personnel who served in Iraq for a project on their perceptions of Iraqi culture and U.S. military cultural training. The findings of this research were presented at a historians’ conference in Atlanta, Georgia, in April 2008. They were ultimately published in a chapter of a book titled "(Anthropology and Global Counter Insurgency )." In 2008, Takruri also contributed Arabic-to-English translations for the award-winning feature documentary film "Budrus." 〔https://www.linkedin.com/in/denatakruri〕 Takruri joined Al Jazeera Arabic in Washington D.C. in 2008 as a producer on its weekly live current affairs show hosted by Abderrahim Foukara that examines the impact of U.S. politics on the Arab region. There, she produced interviews with prominent political figures including Donald Rumsfeld, Robert Gates, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Tony Blair, John McCain, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.〔http://denatakruri.com/bio/〕 Takruri joined HuffPost Live, the online streaming network of the Huffington Post, as a producer and host in June 2012. She was part of the original launch team and covered global affairs, politics, lifestyle and culture.〔http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/hosts/dena-takruri/501af5a22b8c2a06e4000011〕 She is now a presenter and producer at AJ+, Al Jazeera's all digital video news network.〔https://www.linkedin.com/in/denatakruri〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dena Takruri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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