Malika Bilal (Arabic: مليكة بلال) is a broadcast journalist currently working for Al Jazeera English.
Previously she was co-host and digital producer of The Stream, based at the Al Jazeera English US broadcast-center, in Washington, DC.
She joined the DC bureau from the channel's main broadcast-center in Doha, in Qatar,[1] where she worked as an editor and writer for the Al Jazeera English website.
Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois,[2] she self-professedly grew up listening to All Things Considered and Morning Edition on NPR during the long car rides to and from school with her parents.
[3] Bilal joined Al Jazeera English in February 2009 and became the co-host of the award-winning program, The Stream in 2012.