Dunja Hayali

Dunja Hayali (born 6 June 1974 in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a German journalist and television presenter.

Dunja Hayali
Hayali in 2013
Born (1974-06-06) 6 June 1974
Datteln, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationJournalist
Partner(s)Mareike Arning (2007–2011)

Early life and education

Hayali is the daughter of Iraqi Christians from Mosul. Her mother is Chaldean Catholic, and her father is Syrian Orthodox. Hayali herself is a Catholic and was an altar server when she was young.[1] Her parents moved from Baghdad initially to Vienna to study medicine and pharmacy. When she was born, her father had a private practice in Datteln, with her mother assisting him.[2][3] Hayali's older brother is also a doctor; her older sister worked as a physician assistant and later in a hospital. In her youth she participated intensively in sports: she played volleyball and soccer, practised judo and, until she was 15, played tennis competitively.[2]

Hayali studied at the German Sport University Cologne from 1995 to 1999, with a focus on Media and Communication Sciences. During her studies she completed various internships at German radio and television stations.

Career

After graduation, Hayali worked as a sports presenter for Deutsche Welle in Cologne and Bonn, as a freelancer for the private station Radio Cologne and as a presenter of the news program Journal on DW-TV in Berlin. Additionally, she presented some sports and news broadcasts on tv.nrw, a regional TV station in North Rhine-Westphalia that ceased operations in mid-2005.

In April 2007, Hayali became the presenter of ZDF's daily news programme heute, especially the weekday heute – in Deutschland news block and the weekend editions, and co-anchor of Heute Journal, usually with chief anchor Steffen Seibert. Since October 2007, she has also hosted the ZDF Morning Magazine;[4] in October 2010 she succeeded Patricia Schäfer as chief anchor of the second half of the programme, from 7 to 9 am. Her last appearance as co-host on Heute Journal was on 21 September 2010.

Among other international leaders, Hayali has interviewed Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of Austria. In addition to her work for ZDF, she has also been a presenter at events such as the 2012 Berlin conference on renewable energy, organised by the Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft.[5]

In summer 2016, Hayali was scheduled for a series of four Thursday evening shows of her own.[6] From 2018, she will have host her eponymous talk show, Dunja Hayali.

Recognition

Hayali won the 2016 Goldene Kamera award in the category "Best Information". In her acceptance speech at the awards ceremony on 6 February 2016, she addressed herself to hatred that had recently been expressed towards her, saying in part:

In a country where freedom of opinion is so highly valued, everyone can and must be free to express their concerns and their fears, without being immediately placed in the right-wing Nazi corner. But: if you express yourself in a racist way, then you, too, are a bloody racist.[7]

She received a standing ovation, and the agency Spot on News called the speech "one of the most moving and honorable moments on TV for a long time".[7]

Personal life

Hayali has extensive tattoos on her right arm and back; these were first seen at the presentation of the Deutscher Fernsehpreis on 9 October 2010 in Cologne; on television they had always been covered.[8][9]

Hayali is lesbian;[8] in 2008 she announced that since 2007 she had been in a relationship with Mareike Arning, the vocalist of the punk-pop band Uschi's Orchester.[10] The couple separated in 2011.[11] She is a supporter of the anti-right-wing-extremist group Gesicht Zeigen! (Show Your Face!)[12] and is an ambassador of the anti-racism initiative Respekt! Kein Platz für Rassismus (Respect! No place for racism).[13]

In February 2016, the State Court of Hamburg issued a preliminary injunction forbidding a Facebook user from making offensive hate comments on Hayali's Facebook page and setting a fine of up to 250,000 euros for any violations of the injunction.[14]

Publications
  • with Elena Senft. Is’ was, Dog? Mein Leben mit Hund und Haaren. Berlin: Ullstein, 2014, ISBN 978-3-86493-021-8; 2015, ISBN 978-3-548-37592-2 (in German).

References
  1. "Die katholische Araberin". Die Zeit (in German). 2010-04-29. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  2. "Dunja Hayali: Ich liebe Menschen". Emma (in German). 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  3. "Dunja Hayali – Vom FBI zum Morgenmagazin". Zimmer Frei! (in German). Westdeutscher Rundfunk. 2010-10-17. Archived from the original on 2010-10-20.
  4. "ZDF-Morgenmagazin: Vor der Kamera" (in German). ZDF.
  5. "Programm: BDEW-Kongress 2012" (PDF) (pdf, 3.9 MB) (in German). Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  6. "Dunja Hayali hätte gerne mehr Urlaub und weniger Augenringe". Berliner Zeitung (in German). 2016-07-22. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  7. "Goldene Kamera: Dunja Hayali sorgt für großen TV-Moment". news.de (in German). 2016-07-02. Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2016-07-26. In einem Land, in dem die Meinungsfreiheit so ein hohes Gut ist, darf und muss jeder seine Sorgen und seine Ängste äußern können, ohne gleich in die rechte Nazi-Ecke gestellt zu werden. Aber: Wenn Sie sich rassistisch äußern, dann sind Sie verdammt nochmal ein Rassist.
  8. "Dunja Hayali, die volltätowierte ZDF-Moderatorin". Die Welt (in German). 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  9. "ZDF-Moderatorin Dunja Hayali erklärt ihre Tattoos". Bild (in German). 2010-11-23.
  10. "Moderatorin Dunja Hayali outet sich als lesbisch". Die Welt (in German). 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  11. "Dunja Hayali und die rothaarige Punk-Rock-Sängerin getrennt". Die Welt. 2011-12-08. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  12. "Prominente Unterstützer" (in German). Verein Gesicht Zeigen!. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  13. "Botschafter – Kultur und TV" (in German). Gemeinnützige Respekt! Kein Platz für Rassismus GmbH. Archived from the original on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  14. "Gericht: Hasskommentare gegen Dunja Hayali verboten". Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). DPA. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-07-26.

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