Television Production Credits
CBS This Morning's team comprised of Holly Williams, Erin Lyall and Abdi Cadani came to Saudi in December of 2014. I had the pleasure of working with them for three weeks. During their time in Saudi, the team met with Saudi Special Forces, visited the Terrorist Rehabilitation Center, Al-Hair Prison, the Northern Border with Iraq, and met with those prominent in the campaign for women's rights.
CBS News Goes Inside Saudi Arabia
CBS News: Women are working to transform Saudi Arabia
CBS News: War on ISIS: Rare look at training to stop Saudi-born terrorists
CBS News: How women are breaking Saudia Arabia's Driving Ban
A CNN team made up of Nic Robertson, Victoria Eastwood and Brad Olson arrived in Saudi in January 2015. The team and I worked on a number of reports together but the highlight was a visit to the southern Saudi border with Yemen where we went on patrol with the Saudi Border Guard arresting drug runners and human smugglers.
I've worked with CNN on numerous reports from Saudi Arabia since 2004, that include covering the Hajj, the deaths of King Fahd and King Abdullah and other projects.
CNN: Saudi's fight to keep ISIS out
CNN: 2014 Hajj Ebola Fears
CNN: Pilgrims reflect on their Hajj Experience
National Geographic traveled to Saudi Arabia as part of its' Inside' series for 'Inside Al-Qaeda. I worked with the team and am mentioned in the documentary's credits.
Inside Al-Qaeda - Trailer
Exandas is a Greek documentary production house that has won numerous international awards. It's founders came to Saudi in 2007 and produced 'Saudi Arabia - Under The Veil'.
Saudi Arabia - Under The Veil - Part 1 of 3.
After buying a Sony HDR-FX1 camera in 2006, I started shooting random videos of stories that captured my interest, stories from the streets of Saudi Arabia.
In 2013, I was in Taksim, Istanbul, Turkey for the violent clashes between police and protestors.
These and a number of other videos of mine can be found at www.youtube.com/user/essamksa
The Beggar Project - Crippled Beggars Exposed - 470,000+ views
Taksim, Istanbul Protests 2013
Taksim, Istanbul Protests 2013
Taksim, Istanbul Protests 2013
Essam Al-Ghalib
TV News and Radio Producer,
Talk Show Host, Journalist and Media Consultant.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Essam Al-Ghalib is a Saudi television news and radio producer, journalist, talk show host, foreign media liaison, media consultant, war correspondent and fixer, with over 12 years of experience working with many of the biggest names in global news media.
He is currently with Saudia Radio, Saudi Arabia's only English language FM radio station, part of the Saudi Broadcasting Corporation, under the umbrella of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Culture and Information. He produces and hosts 'On The Spot' and is co-host of 'That Radio Show'.
This website features just a few of his television news and radio production and journalism works.