Rageh’s most recent documentary 7/7: A Test of Faith with Rageh Omaar is for ITV1, following the success of his Coping with the Tsunami documentary screened in July again for ITV1.

For the BBC’s Africa Series he interviewed Nelson Mandela. Other recent work includes a BBC Panorama Special, Knives – A Teenage War Zone and BBC4’s An Islamic Journey Through Europe a 90 minute authored documentary which uncovered the hidden story of Europe’s Islamic past.

Rageh hosted the EMMA Awards and was recently heard narrating A Muslim in the Family for BBC1.

He gave the Royal Television Society’s Huw Wheldon Lecture which was broadcast on BBC 2. During the Edinburgh Television Festival Rageh spoke at a seminar entitled Saddam: My Part in His Downfall.

Rageh Omaar rose to prominence as the BBC’s man in Baghdad. His reports from the beleaguered Iraq capital became a regular feature on news bulletins in the UK and around the world.

Rageh recently gave a speech at the Unilever UK Conference in Brussels.

He hosted the EMMA Awards and has given speeches with Q&A for AXA. Rageh recently hosted Alliance & Leicester’s two day Annual Conference in Manchester.

He’s spoken for EDS, The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and given a keynote speech for ABTA in Florida. Rageh has recently performed as a guest speaker on a P&O Cruise.

CORPORATE

Incisive Media FX Awards Dinner – 2005, Host
Merril Lynch – 2005, Guest Speaker
P&O Cruise – 2005, Guest Speaker
Euro Money Awards – 2005, Host
Unilever UK Conference, Brussels – 2005, Speaker
Factors and Discounters Association – 2005, Speaker
EDS Leadership Conference – 2005, Speaker
Alliance & Leicester Conference – 2005, Host
European Logistics Awards – 2004, Speaker and Host
2004 ABTA Convention, USA – 2004, Speaker
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Annual Conference – 2004, Speaker
Singapore Advertising Lecture – 2004, Speaker
AXA Dinner – 2004, Speaker
British Insurance Brokers Association Annual Conference – 2004, Speaker
AON Insurance Event – 2004, Speaker
Camden Council Corporate Video – 2004, Presenter
EMMA Awards – 2004, Host

“Your presentation was the high point in our Business Sessions, it is clear that your talk inspired people.....”
Martin Wellings, President of ABTA

“….illuminating, and a breath of fresh air, refreshing to hear a speaker with such genuine enthusiasm for his subject.” - AXA

“….engaging, charming and perfectly pitched.” - Factors and Discounters Association

PRESENTER

7/7: A Test of Faith with Rageh Omaar – ITV 1, 2005, Presenter
Coping With the Tsunami - ITV1, 2005, Presenter
BBC News - 1998-Ongoing, Africa Correspondent
Africa Series – BBC, 2005, Interview with Nelson Mandela
Panorama: Knives – A Teenage War Zone – BBC, 2005, Presenter
Everyman: An Islamic History of Europe – BBC, 2005, Presenter
The Jonathon Dimbleby Programme – ITV, 2005, Guest
City Hospital – BBC, 2004, Presenter
D-Day Commemorative Programmes – 2004, Presenter
Test the Nation: The 2004 Test – BBC1, 2004, Celebrity Participant
Richard & Judy – Channel 4, 2004, Guest
BBC News – BBC, 1998, Developing World Correspondent
BBC News – BBC, 1997, Amman Correspondent


JOURNALISM

News Hour – 1996, Producer & Reporter
World Service - 1994-1996, Broadcast Journalist
Focus on Africa - World Service, 1992, Producer
BBC World Service – 1991, Foreign correspondent in Ethiopia
City Limits Magazine – 1990, Journalist
The Voice Newspaper – 1990, Trainee Journalist

LITERARY

Revolution Day: The Real Story of the Battle for Iraq
Penguin Publishing, 2003, author

Media Correspondent from around the Globe and fascinating speaker Rageh is also an outstanding event host and facilitator.