Weam Al Dakheel

Weam Al Dakheel, also Aldakeel, (Arabic: وئام الدخيل) is a Saudi Arabian journalist and television presenter. After Jumanah Al Shami became the first woman to present the morning television news in Saudi Arabia in 2016, in September 2018 Al Dakheel featured on Saudi TV's Channel 1 as the first woman to act as an anchor for the main evening news broadcast, appearing side-by-side with Omas Al Nashwan. Since January 2018, her official job title at the Saudi Broadcasting Authority has been operations manager.

Biography Born in Morocco, Al Dakheel is raised in Jeddah, studied in Lebanon, live in Riyadh, and graduated with a BA in journalism from the Lebanese American University in 2011. At the same university, she attended a course at the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World, receiving a diploma in Gender in Development and Humanitarian Assistance in 2017. In addition, she has trained as a television presenter at the Focus Academy and at the Al Jazeera Media Training Center. Vogue reported that her appearance as a news presenter was "widely lauded on social media".