Lama Hasan
Lama Hasan is an Emmy® Award-winning ABC News foreign correspondent based in the London bureau, covering stories from all over the world.
Hasan covered the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in Israel. In 2011, her reporting made ABC News the first U.S. network on the ground covering the drought and famine in Somalia and the refugee crisis in Dadaab, Kenya. That same year, she covered the Arab Spring extensively from both Egypt and Libya, reporting on surface-to-air missile depots left behind for rebels to loot after Gadhafi’s army left. Winning an Emmy for her coverage of the Libyan revolution, she was also recognized with the 2011 CINE Golden Eagle Award for contributing to the “20/20” special “Islam: Answers and Questions.”
Overseas, Hasan has covered several major stories, including the Gaza conflict in January 2009 from the Egyptian side of the border; the H1N1 swine flu outbreak from Hong Kong; the war between Israel and Hezbollah in the summer of 2006, from Jerusalem and Larnaca, Cyprus; the funeral of Pope John Paul II; the 2005 Gaza withdrawal from Israel; human trafficking in Moldova; and slavery in Mauritania in northwestern Africa. She has also reported on the Arab reaction to the Iraq war.
In addition, Hasan has covered the Royal family extensively, reporting on King Charles III’s coronation and contributing to the Emmy Award-nominated coverage of Queen Elizabeth II’s death, where she was on location at Buckingham Palace and in Windsor for the network special on the funeral. She also reported from Canada to cover Prince William and Princess Catherine.
Before her current assignment, Hasan was a correspondent based in Cairo, Egypt, filing reports across ABC News’ programs and platforms. Earlier in her career, she was a London-based ABC News correspondent and anchor for ABC News NOW, the network’s 24-hour digital channel. She anchored the international news program “World View” on ABC News NOW and reported on breaking news events for the network.
Hasan graduated from University College London (UCL) and has a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and information management. She is fluent in Arabic and French.
