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: Was there not some thing with snow angel colors?
gollark: That does make the ridiculously broad reverse engineering terms (and their enforcement) *slightly* more reasonable if it's true.
gollark: <@372386431416401920> What is this other EATW-related stuff you mentioned?
gollark: I mean:* hates non-english speakers* hates talking to users* hates fixing rules for users* hates users knowing how (some of) DC works

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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