# Rima Assaf

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**Rima Assaf** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic): ريما عساف; born March 10, 1970) is a [Lebanese](/source/Lebanese_people) [journalist](/source/Journalist) and [anchor](/source/News_anchor).[1][2]

## Early life

Rima Assaf was born in Hardine, [North Lebanon](/source/North_Governorate) and raised in [Chekka](/source/Chekka), [North Lebanon](/source/North_Governorate). Her mother is a housewife and her father, now deceased, used to work in commerce. She has one brother, Antoine, and one sister, Ramza.

Assaf attended Saint Famille High School, [Chekka](/source/Chekka) and graduated in 1992 with a diploma in [Journalism](/source/Journalism) from the [Lebanese University](/source/Lebanese_University). She landed her first training job in 1991 as a news anchor at Radio Free Lebanon.

## Personal life

Rima Assaf is married to cardiologist Georges Tannous. They have two children a daughter, Rosa Maria and a son, Elia.

## Career

Rima Assaf began her career in media during her university years as a trainee at [RLL](/source/Radio_Liban_Libre). Upon her graduation, the radio administration decided to give her a job as a bulletin editor. In 1994, Rima worked as a news anchor and bulletin editor at CVN television station for two years. Later, she joined the production team of Kalam El Nass – a social political show airing on [LBC](/source/Lebanese_Broadcasting_Corporation) – and participated in many talk shows about political events. On November 24, 2020, Rima announced officially on her Twitter and Facebook account that she is leaving LBC after 24 years. She continues her career on Al hurra TV.

## Awards

Rima Assaf received a special commendation from the [BBC](/source/BBC) training team during the training sessions that included many news anchors from different [Lebanese television stations](/source/Television_in_Lebanon) including [LBC](/source/Lebanese_Broadcasting_Corporation).

## References

1. ["LBCI News"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110930104501/http://www.lbci.com/News.aspx). Archived from [the original](http://www.lbci.com/News.aspx) on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-08-24.

## External links

- [LBCI official site](http://www.lbci.com)

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