Arwa Damon Bio, Age, CNN, Husband, Parents, Salary And Net Worth

Arwa Damon Biography

Arwa Damon is a native American Journalist. She is a senior international correspondent for CNN, based in Istanbul. Since 2003, Arwa has covered the Middle East as a freelance journalist, before joining CNN in 2006. Moreover, Damon is the president and founder of INARA, a humanitarian organization that provides medical treatment to refugee children from Syria.

Arwa Damon Age/Birthday

How old is Arwa Damon? She is 44 years old having been born September 19, 1977, in Boston Massachusetts, in United State.

Arwa Damon Height/Measurement

She is an average stature woman. She heights 5 feet 8 inches, this approximate 1.72m.

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Arwa Damon Education

Damon skipped the sixth grade, however, graduated from Robert College at the age of 16 years. She traveled to Morroco where she spends a year with her aunt and uncle pursuing showjumping. Arwa later joined the Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York where she graduated in the year 1999 with two majors in both French and Biology and also a minor in International affairs.

Arwa Damon Parents/Siblings

She was born to her parents and grew up in Wayland, Massachusetts. Her father is George H.Damon who is an American and her mom Joumana Damon who is a Syrian. Her father was a professor and director of high school at Robert College.

Arwa Damon Husband/Children

Damon is a very secretive woman. She has not yet revealed any information about her love life.

Arwa Damon CNN

Arwa has decided to become a journalist after 9/11. She later moved to Baghdad just after the beginning of the Iraq War. She started her career at CameraPlanet.This was a supplier of media content for television newscasts. Damon was reporting in the Middle East as a freelance producer working with CNN, CNN International, PBS, Fox News, and others. Later, Arwa joined CNN in February 2006.

Therefore, she covered the invasion and occupation of Iraq, such as the Battle of Najaf and the battle to retake Samarra in 2004. She has also covered the Iraq election of January 2005 and the constitutional referendum vote in October 2005. Moreover, Arwa has reported on the trials and executions of Saddam Hussein, Barzan Ibrahim Hassan al-Tikrit, and Award Hamed al-Bandar in the year 2007. In December 2010, Arwa has covered the Arab Spring from Libya and Egypt. Arwa has been traveling several times to Syria and to refugee camps for Syrians. This was during the Syrian civil wars.

In the Benghazi attack, Damon was one of the first journalists to arrive at the scene in 2012. In 2013, Damon has been following an anti-poaching park ranger through Odzala National Park in the Republic of the Congo. Thereby, the feature was named Arwa Damon Investigates: Ivory War. Arwa has traveled to West Africa and the island of Lake Chad to follow the hunt for the terrorist who had kidnapped schoolgirls in Chibok School in April 2014. Furthermore, Arwa has traveled to Thailand to cover the Tham Luang cave rescue. In her travel to Kathmandu in Nepal, Arwa has reported on a spike in fatalities amongst Mount Everest Climbers in 2019.

Prior to, her journalism career, Damon is a president and co-founder of INARA (International Network for Aid, Relief and Assistance), an humanitarian aid, a non-profit organization that was founded in 2015 in Beirut, Lebanon. It was to provide medical services for children who have been wounded in the war. The organization focuses specifically on refugee children from Syria.

Arwa Damon Salary

Through her career which is a source of her fortune, Damon collects a basic salary that ranges between $ 67,000-$ 96,000.

Arwa Damon Net Worth

Having operated at CNN as an anchor and correspondent, there is no doubt that Arwa has accumulated pretty good income. Therefore, her net worth is over $ 3 million.