Randa Habib

Habib earned her high school diploma in Rio de Janeiro, before receiving a bachelor's degree in Administrative and Political studies at the Saint Joseph University in Beirut.

While at university, Habib worked at the Lebanese weekly "Magazine" before joining AFP in 1980 and becoming its bureau chief in Amman in 1987.

Habib is on the board of directors of the Jordan Media Institute (JMI), a non-profit organization that seeks to help enhance journalism in the Middle East.

In 2001, Habib was awarded by the French president the decoration of "Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Merite".

Habib is the author of book "Hussein and Abdullah: inside the Jordanian Royal family," which was printed in London in January 2010.