Samir Khader is the editor of Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera. Although he comes from a Jordanian family, he was born and raised in Iraq. He has degrees in journalism and mathematics from universities in Grenoble and Paris. Later he worked for many years in Jordan as a journalist in television news before joining Al Jazeera. He is well-known for being featured in the documentary film Control Room, when he was a senior producer.

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• CBC News Passionate Eye Showcase: Control Room program on the making of the documentary film, September 26, 2004
• IPA Voices That Must Be Heard - Inside Al Jazeera: A Conversation with Samir Khader interview July 1, 2004 issue
• In These Times - Inside Al-Jazeera interview June 18, 2004
• Philadelphia City Paper - The View From Here interview June 18, 2004
• LA Weekly - Meeting Al-Jazeera extensive interview June 4, 2004
• Democracy Now! - Bush: We'll Stay The Course In Iraq & Send More Troops If Needed speech and reactions May 25, 2004 with transcript, audio and video Pacifica Radio report and audio
• Democracy Now! - Massacre in Fallujah: Over 600 Dead, 1,000 Injured, 60,000 Refugees April 12, 2004 with transcript, audio and video
• IMDb - Samir Khader