Rima Karaki

Rima Karaki is a Lebanese television show host, author and columnist.

Career

Karaki studied Computer Management at American [University of Beirut]. In 1998, she became the presenter of Alam al Sabah on the Lebanese TV station Future TV. She later joined Al Jadeed in 2014, presenting the program Lel Nasher, on Al Jadeed. She gained international notice from her interview with Hani al-Sibai. She later worked for Dubai TV in 2018, Alhurra in 2021, and Rotana Media Group in 2024.

Hani Al-Sibai interview

In March 2015, Karaki interviewed al-Qaeda supporter and former Iraqi Islamic Jihad member the Islamist scholar Hani al-Sibai. During the live television interview she cut him off after he had told her to "shut up" and said "It's beneath me to be interviewed by you. You are a woman who..." The interview went viral shortly after being released causing public outrage over his sexist remark. The video was viewed by more than five million viewers on YouTube within a week. Karaki stopped the interview after three minutes, saying: “Just one second. Either there is mutual respect or the conversation is over.” And she cut off his mic.

Books

''Tonight I will confess''