Raya Abirached (Arabic: ريا أبي راشد, born 12 May 1977) is a Lebanese TV presenter and celebrity journalist at MBC.
[3] She also hosts Scoop with Raya, a show which provides news and interviews with Hollywood actors and directors,[4][5] and has been referred to as "the Arab version of E!
"[6] Abirached started her career as a print and broadcast journalist for Radio du Mont Liban (RML) and MTV in Beirut before moving to the UK in 1999.
Abirached has interviewed movie stars and directors including: Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Julia Roberts and Natalie Portman.
She also hosted events like the American Idol competition in Dubai as well as the launch of Ferrari World Abu Dhabi.