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Rageh Omaar

1967–

United Kingdom

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Rageh Omaar (; Somali: Raage Oomaar; born 19 July 1967) is a Somali-born British journalist and writer. He was a BBC world affairs correspondent, where he made his name reporting from Iraq. In September 2006, he moved to a new post at Al Jazeera English, where he presented the nightly weekday documentary series Witness until January 2010.

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