Lyse Doucet

Lyse Doucet is a Canadian journalist and the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent. In the course of a career spanning four decades, she has reported from countries around the world and was based as a correspondent in Jerusalem, Amman, Islamabad, Kabul and Abidjan. She has played a leading role in the BBC’s coverage of major events including the recent Iran-Israel war, the Gaza war, the Arab Spring and the US-led invasion of Afghanistan. She received an OBE in the Queen’s Honours list in 2014 and was admitted to the Order of Canada in 2019. She has received many awards, including most recently the 2024 Zenger Award for Press Freedom from the University of Arizona and the 2019 Trailblazer Award from Georgetown University. In 2021, she was nominated for a Peabody for her work as a writer and reporter on the BBC podcast Afghanistan: Documenting A Crucial Year. Lyse has 18 honorary doctorates from leading British and Canadian Universities. She is also a senior fellow of Massey College of the University of Toronto. Lyse has been reporting on Afghanistan since 1988. She visits the Inter-Continental whenever she is in Kabul.