Nic Robertson - CNN Diplomacy Editor
"I can endorse Essam, I highly recommend him. We have worked together for more than a decade."
Jeremy Bowen - BBC News Correspondent
"Essam Al Ghalib was hard working and cheerful. He
spent years in the USA and speaks perfect American English.
I'd work with him again and therefore I can recommend him to other news teams."
spent years in the USA and speaks perfect American English.
I'd work with him again and therefore I can recommend him to other news teams."
Testimonials
Mike Garrod - Founder of WorldFixer.com
"Essam has worked in his native Saudi as an English language journalist for twelve years, and a fixer / TV producer for eight. Currently he holds a position at the Saudi Broadcasting Corporation part time whilst facilitating foreign clients on the side. His references list reads like a who’s who of international broadcasting and a short time after signing up to World Fixer we had nine, top tier testimonies extolling his virtues as the most capable, dynamic fixer in the country – more than anybody else on the site at that time. His website claims, ‘Where other local fixers may tell you, 'No, it can’t be done', I tell you, 'Let’s try it’, and it is perhaps this willingness to go the extra mile that has put him ahead of the game."
This testimonial comes from an article about Essam written by worldfixer.com.
This testimonial comes from an article about Essam written by worldfixer.com.
Luca Locatelli - New York Times Photographer
"Essam is a great guy and he really try his best to help me. We've worked very hard for 15 days.
He is Saudi with an important background education in the US, so he can well understand westerners' mentality and Saudis'. He always tried to get the best compromise for me, which probably was not always so easy. It was also nice to share time and his background as a journalist inside Saudi, kind of a story in the story that helped me to understand more about daily life inside his country. What else, I was lucky I guess to find him because the differences in this country are so huge that it was not easy to work there if I didn't find him."
He is Saudi with an important background education in the US, so he can well understand westerners' mentality and Saudis'. He always tried to get the best compromise for me, which probably was not always so easy. It was also nice to share time and his background as a journalist inside Saudi, kind of a story in the story that helped me to understand more about daily life inside his country. What else, I was lucky I guess to find him because the differences in this country are so huge that it was not easy to work there if I didn't find him."
Victoria Eastwood - CNN Producer
"I can confirm that when CNN was last in Saudi we did work with Essam as a fixer, translator and researcher. I am very happy to endorse Essam. He is extremely professional, very knowledgeable about Saudi, but also about our needs as a TV crew. He successfully helped us navigate the bureaucracy. His English is fluent. Editorially he is strong. I would recommend him to any journalist wishing to work in Saudi Arabia."
Claus Reinholdt - Danish TV2
"I can highly recommend Essam. He is very knowledgeable and well connected. Apart from that he thinks like a journalist and knows what a good story is."
Testimonials
Holly Williams - CBS News Correspondent
"Essam did work with us on a long reporting trip last year, and he was excellent.
Smart, great contacts, super resourceful, and very good people skills."
Smart, great contacts, super resourceful, and very good people skills."
Hanan Abdulrazek - BBC News Arabic - Correspondent
"I’m happy to endorse Essam. He helped us covering the Saudi local election and even though it was a challenging story to cover, Essam showed dedication, hard work and commitment."
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