Atwar Bahjat, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Atwar Bahjat

Iraqi journalist

Date of Birth: 07-Jun-1976

Place of Birth: Samarra, Saladin Governorate, Iraq

Date of Death: 22-Feb-2006

Profession: television presenter, journalist

Nationality: Iraq

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Atwar Bahjat (Arabic: ????? ??????; 7 June 1976 – 22 February 2006) was an Iraqi journalist.
Initially a reporter for Iraq's state-controlled television under Saddam Hussein, Bahjat became a popular television correspondent for al-Jazeera and later al-Arabiya following the US invasion of Iraq.
On 22 February 2006, Bahjat was hunted down and shot in cold blood along with her colleagues Adnan Al Dulaimi and Khalid Al Fellahi while covering a story in Samarra.