Mina Rzouki

Mina Rzouki (born 18th August 1982)[1] is a journalist and broadcaster for the BBC.

Rzouki has presented and appeared as a guest on the ‘Euro Leagues’ radio programme on BBC Radio Five Live.[2][3] She regularly contributes to the Up all night show World Football Phone-In and has appeared on the BBC show Fighting talk,[4] as well as appearing as a pundit on Talksport.[5]

Despite regular appearances on the BBC, ESPN, CNN and BT Sport Rzouki faces sexist abuse online due to her gender in a predominantly male industry.[6]

Rzouki also writes for ESPN [7] and the Daily Star.[8] She has regularly appeared on the Total Football podcast for the Daily Telegraph[9][10][11] renamed the Telegraph Audio Football Club for the 2018-19 football season. Rzouki has also guested as host when regular host Thom Gibbs has been away.[12]. In addition, she co-hosts the Serie Awesome podcast for ESPN FC, Alongside Italian journalist Gabriele Marcotti and The Guardian's Nicky Bandini.

Personal life

A supporter of Juventus, Mina was born in Bahrain to Iraqi parents and moved to the UK in 1987. She has lived all her life in Hammersmith, London.[1]

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gollark: <@!309787486278909952> I have spare time and a computer, just outsource all your rust to me!
gollark: Interfaces and stuff are *always* pointers.
gollark: There are other reasons you might want to return pointers - mostly stupid ones admittedly - and it's bad to conflate those with optionals.
gollark: If *everything* can be optional, you enter a minefield of constant `if whatever != nil` checks.

References
  1. Hayden, Sally (7 May 2015). "Exit Poll Shows UK's Conservative Party Wins Most Seats in Election, but Remain Shy of Victory". VICE News.
  2. "Euro Leagues Football Show - Downloads - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC.
  3. "Euro Leagues Football Show - Episode guide - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC.
  4. "Thom Gibbs, Mina Rzouki, Douglas Anderson, Matt Forde, Fighting Talk - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC.
  5. Wade, Michael (22 July 2012). "Mina Rzouki on Berbatov, Del Piero, Iaquinta, Inzaghi and Bendtner". TalkSport.
  6. "Female journalist gives her opinion on Lukaku and Morata and faces horrible sexist abuse - JOE.co.uk".
  7. "Juventus Blog - ESPN FC". www.espnfc.com.
  8. Walters, James (1 September 2017). "Antonio Conte could be reason behind players snubbing Chelsea this summer - Mina Rzouki". Daily Star.
  9. "Total Football Podcast: 'Mo Salah has done what we would expect if Liverpool signed Lionel Messi'". www.telegraph.co.uk.
  10. Sport, Telegraph (27 May 2018). "Total Football Podcast: Jamie Carragher on Liverpool's Champions League final defeat" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  11. Sport, Telegraph (22 April 2018). "Total Football Podcast: 'Arsenal need a realist who will get rid of half the squad'" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  12. "Telegraph Audio Football Club podcast: The Raheem Sterling conundrum". www.telegraph.co.uk.


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