Harrak comes to CNN International from Germany's international broadcaster Deutsche Welle.
There, she spent nine years as an anchor for the network's Berlin-based world news broadcasts. Most recently, Harrak played a pivotal part in its extensive coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
She has been interviewing decision-makers, activists and humanitarians while also focusing on Germany's response to the war.
Before joining Deutsche Welle, Harrak spent 10 years with the Associated Press covering the European Union, NATO, war crime tribunals in The Hague, as well as major stories across:
- the Middle East
- West Africa, and
- in Kosovo.
She began her career in 2001 as an intern for
CNN in New York before moving to the
Associated Press bureau in Paris.
Harrak studied American studies at the University of Amsterdam and English at Leiden University. She also attended the School of Journalism at New York University and the department of linguistics and comparative cultural studies at Università Ca' Foscari Venezia in Italy.
Born and raised in The Netherlands, Harrak spent part of her childhood in Tangier, Morocco. She speaks:
- English
- Dutch
- Arabic
- French
- German, and
- conversational Italian.
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