Jaafar Abdul Karim (Arabic: جعفر عبد الكريم ; born 1981) is a German journalist and TV presenter.
He studied media informatics at the TU Dresden and at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées in Lyon and completed a directing course at the London Film Academy.
On 14 October 2016, Abdul Karim moderated the expert discussion of the then Federal President Joachim Gauck on the subject of integration and prevention of radicalization.
His reporting is characterized by a lack of fear about addressing topics in Arabic that are largely considered taboo in Middle Eastern communities, such as LGBTQ rights, sex and sexuality.
[12] He is a frequent guest on talk shows and magazines on topics related to the Arab world (including Günther Jauch, Phoenix Runde, Volle Kanne and Stern TV ).