Ola Al-Fares

Ola Al-Fares (Arabic: علا الفارس‎, born November 6, 1985) is a Jordanian lawyer, journalist and television presenter who works at Al Jazeera. She is currently the second most followed Jordanian woman on Twitter after Queen Rania.[2] Most known for presenting a TV show called MBC in a week by Middle East Broadcasting Center channel.[3] She was also the first Arab woman to climb Burj Khalifa. She won the young TV presenter Arab woman of the year award on December 3, 2015.[4] Ola Alfares was selected among the most 500 Influential Muslims in the world according to the Muslims 500 in 2019 edition.

Ola Al-Fares
علا الفارس
Ola Al-Fares in 2014
Born (1985-11-06) November 6, 1985[1]
Amman, Jordan
OccupationJournalist, TV presenter
Years active2004–present
WebsiteOla Al-Fares's Twitter account

Also, she won the prestigious social media award "Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for humanitarian causes". She has used her social media to support many humanitarian initiatives to help the less fortunate people in life.

Biography

Al-Fares was born in Amman, Jordan on November 6, 1985 to a well known political family. Her grandfather was Abdul Raouf Al Fares, a member of the Jordanian Parliament from 1954 until his death in 1984. Her father Tahsin Al-Fares was also a member of the Jordanian Parliament in 1985.

She graduated from high school at the age of 16. She later graduated from law school at Al-Ahliyya Amman University at a young age of 19. She started working as a reporter at the age of 17 and OK! British magazine described her as one of the youngest reporters in the Middle East. In 2004, she started working for Al Arabiya. Afterwards, she worked for MBC from 2007 until 2019. She quit from MBC, due to her criticism of Arab's ineffective response to United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel.[5] On 31 May 2019, Al-Fares declared that she is moving to Al Jazeera.[6]

In 2017, Al-Fares was accused of racism towards Asian maids. In a social media post, she posted a photo on Snapchat of six Asian maids lined up in a room. "What do you guys think? I'm so incapable of making decisions today... Forget about her 'elegant outfit,' I'll fix that later," Ola wrote, accompanied by an emoji at the end of the sentence. She later apologized in a Tweet.[7]

Endorsements

Since 2016, she has been working as the brand ambassador for L'Oréal in the Middle East.[8][9] Al Fares has been working as the brand ambassador for the Jordanian utility company Zain Jordan.[10]

Awards
  • Young Arab Media Professionals Award (2009)
  • Best Jordanian Media Award (2009)[11]
  • Creative Youth Shield (2010)
  • Jordanian Model for Successful Youth (2011)[12]
  • Arab Woman Of The Year (2015)
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References
  1. "Your Fashion Inspiration: Ola Al Fares". Arabia Weddings. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  2. Queen Rania, Ola Faris in Top 10 Arab women on Twitter | Gerasa News Agency Archived 2016-07-01 at the Wayback Machine. En.gerasanews.com (2014-03-08). Retrieved on 2016-06-21.
  3. Ola Al Fares – 13th Arab Media Forum 2014 speakers – Arab Media Forum. Arabmediaforum.ae (2014-05-20). Retrieved on 2016-06-21.
  4. Media celeb Ola Alfares first woman to climb Burj Khalifa. Al Bawaba (2015-03-09). Retrieved on 2016-06-21.
  5. "Ola Al Fares Settles Controversy Over Her Relationship With MBC". albawaba. 20 February 2019.
  6. "Ola Al Fares announces her official participation in Al Jazeera and Bein". newsbeezer. 31 May 2019.
  7. "Ola al Fares accused of racism towards Asian maids... but are we really surprised?". albawaba. 29 March 2017.
  8. "Private Jets and Fur Coats: The Fabulous Life of Ola Al Fares". Al Bawaba. 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  9. Hub, The Beauty (2016-05-12). "Ola Al Fares Named New Brand Ambassador for L'Oréal Paris Elvive | The Beauty Hub". Beauty News, Reviews & Businesses in the Middle East | The Beauty Hub. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  10. "Zain Group unveils 2015 Ramadan television commercial, 600,000 views on YouTube in first two days". www.jo.zain.com. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  11. "علا الفارس - ليالينا". ليالينا (in Arabic). Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  12. Aliqtisadi. "من هي علا الفارس؟ | ملف الشخصية | من هم؟". الاقتصادي | بوابة الأعمال والشركات (in Arabic). Retrieved 2018-02-13.
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