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.
