Samir Khader is the Head of Programs and Current Affairs at Sky News Arabia, after having been the Program Editor & Head of Output of Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera. He comes from Jordan. He has degrees in journalism and mathematics from universities in Grenoble and Paris. Samir Khader began his career as a TV journalist in 1979 on French television.[1] He worked for many years in Jordan as a journalist in televisionnews before joining Al Jazeera and then Sky News Arabia in Abu Dhabi. He is well known for being featured in the documentary filmControl Room, when he was a senior producer.