Balquees Basalom

Journalist

Abu Dhabi

Balquees Basalom is a Saudi journalist working on the social media desk at The National. Before joining The National, she was digital producer and presenter at Al Ain News. She has reported from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Italy and Mexico for SkyNews Arabia, Bloomberg News and Alhayat. A graduate of the Young Arab Media Leaders Program and Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change, her interests are youth, travel and visual storytelling.