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Sydney
SBS Radio Sydney
Locked Bag 028
Crows Nest
NSW 1585
Australia
Tel: (02) 9430 2828
Fax: (02) 9438 1114

Melbourne
SBS Radio Melbourne
Locked Bag 294
South Melbourne
Vic 3205
Australia
Tel: (03) 9949 2121
Fax: (03) 9949 2385

This program offers extensive daily coverage of national, homeland and other international news, current affairs and news analysis, settlement information, Health, youth and family segments. Programs include correspondents in the Middle East and around the world.

Broadcasting since 1975 and building on 34 years of experience in radio journalism, the program continues to break new ground on sensitive and diverse issues affecting Australia's Arabic-speaking community, integral to the settlement process and harmony.

Arabic is the second most commonly spoken language other than English in Sydney and remains in the top five languages other than English, spoken in Australia as a whole. Listeners come from more than 22 countries and more than 9 ethnicities. Newly-arrived migrants come from Sudan, Somalia, and Iraq. Most of the Arabic speaking community members are of Lebanese background, their migration experience dates back to the 1800s.

SBS Radio's Arabic Language program broadcasters have won several international and national awards for broadcast journalism and creative excellence.

In 2002, the program received the first Walkley ever to be awarded in Australia to a journalistic work in a language other than English. The Walkley was awarded in the Radio Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special category.

The first prestigious Award: In 1988, the Australasian Academy of Broadcast Arts and Sciences recognised the program with a Pater award for the Best Special Talk documentary. The program received also an award for Best Fund Raising program.

Youth media awards: the 1997 New South Wales Premier's Youth Media Award and the 1994 Philips Electronics Award. It has also received several awards from Community organisations and FECCA for pioneering and distinguished programming.

Listen to the program on analogue radio 7-8 am and pm daily, on digital radio SBS Radio 2 and on the internet at a convenient time.

Abboud-Saab, Majida

Majida Abboud-Saab is the Executive Producer of SBS Radio's Arabic language section. A pioneer in multicultural and multilingual broadcasting for more than 34 years.

Leading a team of broadcast journalists specialising in news and current affairs, interviewing policy makers, news makers and personalities from around the world, the Arab countries, Australia and the community, facilitating new perspectives beyond the traditional and tackling taboos.

Majida was recognised with several awards for Professional Excellence in Radio and Television Arts and Sciences. Her exclusive interviews received coverage by mass media both in Australia and overseas. Her news breaking interviews about the Australian hostage in Iraq Douglas Wood were reported as leading news in more than 285 media outlets. Other notable initiatives, Youth Power, engaging youth.

She's an inspiring speaker in Journalism, the media as demonstrated in her guest appearances at the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism, RMIT University, the University of NSW and the UTS University where she was a student in the 80's studying communications.

An Australian of Lebanese ancestry her grand parents migrated to Australia in the 40's and she migrate as a child from Beirut in 1967.

Myssy, Marie

Born in Beirut, Marie migrated to Australia from Lebanon in 1975 and joined SBS in 1979. Marie is a NAATI Level Three accredited translator.

She studied Media at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School and is a professional French-Arabic translator. Marie's special area of professional interest is the family, multiculturalism and increasing public awareness of racial tolerance.

Nakhoul, Ghassan

Winner of SBS Radio's first Walkley award. Ghassan won the 2002 Walkley award in the category of Radio Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special for his documentary 'The Five Mysteries of SIEV X'.

Ghassan is a journalist since 1979. He graduated in Journalism in 1983 and in Political and Administrative Sciences in 1984 from the Lebanese University in Beirut. In Lebanon, he worked as executive editor of two magazines. Ghassan migrated to Australia in 1989. He's written for Australian newspapers and magazines.

He joined SBS in 1991. In 1994 Ghassan won the Philips Electronics Award for an outstanding current affairs report on Young People. In 1997 he won the New South Wales Premier's Youth Media Award. Ghassan is also Fluent in French.

Cheebo, Hussam

Hussam studied Media at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School and teaching at Victoria's Deakin University.

Hussam is ranked as Level Three with the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI). He's developed a primary school Arabic language program for the Victorian education system and special computing programs for the Arabic language.

El-Haddad, Hachem

Hachem migrated to Australia in 1991. From 1984 to 1990 he studied journalism in Minsk, the capital of the former Soviet Republic of Belarus.

After completing his studies, Hachem worked as a journalist in print and radio in Lebanon and later, Australia. He joined SBS in 1996.

Mezher, Sylva

Graduated in Political Sciences from St Joseph University in Beirut. Sylva speaks fluent French and is NAATI level 3 accredited translator.

Sylva has worked as TV and Radio journalist. She has produced and presented many programs highlighting the Australian-Arabic community's concerns.

Sylva has conducted live debates and presented daily talk shows for four years in radio before joining SBS team in the year 2000.

Yassin, Hana

Hana Yassin migrated to Australia in 2000. She gained her journalism degree from the University of South Australia and was invited to join the International Golden Key Society for her excellence in journalistic studies.

She contributed to different radio stations before joining SBS in 2005. Hana’s area of professional interest covers topics such as the art and poetry, women issues and settlement challenges facing the Horn of African communities in Australia.

Riman, Iman

Iman joined SBS in 2003; she is also a qualified translator and interpreter (NAATI level 3). She has received several awards; the Multicultural Media Award from the Victorian Multicultural Commission for 2007.
Iman holds a Master of Arts in Media and Communication from Monash University, a Bachelor of Arts in Community Development from Deakin University, and a Diploma of Community Services. She also teaches Arabic at Deakin University.
Co-author of a book is titled Arabic Diglossia in the Age of Globalisation and Satellite Media.

Abd, Eddie

Eddie joined SBS Radio in 2005 as a broadcaster journalist. She is also an Artist, painter and enjoys digital painting. She studied digital media and painting at the Institute of Fine Arts/ Lebanese University in Beirut and at the University of NSW.
She has a keen interest in Youth affairs and diversity. She expresses art/journalism and creativity in her media work.

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