# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jamal-rayyan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:38:06.593Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jamal-rayyan"
name: "Jamal Rayyan"
slug: "jamal-rayyan"
description: "Jamal Rayyan was a Palestinian television anchorman with the Al Jazeera Television Network. He was the first broadcaster to appear on Al Jazeera Arabic channel when it was launched, and the presenter of the first news bulletin on the channel in 1996. Before that, he had worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)."
tagline: "Palestinian journalist (1953–2026)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ea/Jamal_Rayyan.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1953-08-23"
deathDate: "2026-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.55
  momentum:             5.142857142857141
  historical:           5.120666666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jamalrayyan"
    handle:    "jamalrayyan"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jamal_rayyan/"
    handle:    "jamal_rayyan"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/JamalRayyan.AJA"
    handle:    "JamalRayyan.AJA"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Rayyan"
    title: "Jamal Rayyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جمال ريان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جمال ريان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جمال ریان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Rayyan"
    title: "Jamal Rayyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6127603"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump