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G'day all!

I live in Australia & we have a free to air TV station called SBS which transmits the Dubai DRTV news twice a day.

It's a very swish set with lots of monitors in the back ground & sail-like decor with projected images on them so all fairly eye-catching.

However, I can't understand Arabic & there are no subtitles so I can't understand a word they're saying!

The news report is always presented by both a male & female sharing the desk & is about half an hour long with a sports segment (but no weather segment).

A few of us here in Australia think one of the female presenters is quite pretty & seems really nice but we have no idea what her name is. She has long (usually straight) dark hair & always seems to be quite enthusiastic & like someone who really enjoys what she's doing.

She hasn't been on at all these last couple of weeks but she usually does two or three days a week (usually Tuesdays, Saturdays & another day in between).

If anyone knows her name so we don't have to keep calling her "that Arabic newsreader" that would be fantastic & greatly appreciated.

Thank you so very much!

Ooops! I asked this already somewhere else on the forum but I could not find the original thread so I asked again.

Well, guess what! Now I just found it which means I should not have started this other thread. Please accept my apology...

did you take a photo of her or something?

what does the emblem of the channel look like?

Hello ahzao & thank you for answering.

No, I don't have a picture but a friend of mine uploaded a short clip to YouTube which he titled:
DRTV Arabic News Television Dubai
so if you go to YouTube & type that in the search you'll see it.

I did some research and it seems her name is Julnar Jerdely.

There is no consensus over the meaning of the name (Julnar). Some say it's Persian in origin. But the majority agree it refers to the blooms of pomegranate trees. It kinda fits the color of her dress, though. (in the video clip you referred to).

And by the way she's Lebanese.

Hope that helps.

She & one other lady present the show most days. The other lady (whose name sounds like it might be something like "Ardelia Hamoot") has been doing it a lot lately as Julnar's been away.

Every show starts off with a quick edit of fours news highlights, then it cuts over to the studio where they always do their hello & welcomes. When you listen to what Julnar or the other lady they both always appear to be saying exactly the same thing except for the last bit which is where we always presumed they are saying their name.

It sounds like she could be saying "Julnar Jerdely" if the 'J' in each name is pronounced as a "sh" sound...

I tried Googling "Julnar Jerdely" & couldn't find a single thing which is weird when it's the name of someone who works in television, especially a news show that's shown in several different countries...

Anyway, you have solved a mystery that has been bugging a few of us for a long time so thank you very much indeed!

nah nah, you don't get to just walk away so easily! You've got to tell me what made you so curious about her. Tickled your fancy somehow? come on, mate, spell the beans will ya?!

Haha! Nah, there's no exciting back story I'm afraid. A few of us over at OzCelebs just think she's a hottie & discuss her often in one of the threads there.

You're quite welcome to pop over & join us.

BTW I never did ask you how you acquired your information about her (ie: her name & nationality). I hope you don't mind me asking because, even though (thanks to you) I now have a name for her, I still can't find a single thing about her on the 'net...

Remember me?

I had a major breakthrough last night thanks to the help of someone one YouTube.

He told me that, in Arabic, her name is spelled: جلنار جردلي

When I Googled that I found out that the way it is spelt in our alphabet is Jilnar Jardaly & she's married to someone called Mazen Al-Bizri, a businessman in Dubai's gold and currency. I don't know how old she is but the forum I just found that out on was dated 2006 & says there that she's been married for four years.

The Forum

I found a Windows Live profile for a Julnar Jardali. The spelling's a little different but it does say it's for a newsreader in the UAE so probably is her. It says she's 27, I don't know when it was created but, if it's current (& it is the same person) that would mean that in 2006 (the date of that other forum) she would've been 23. This would mean that she's been married to the Dubai gold & currency businessman since she was 19. Pretty young to move from Lebanon to Dubia as a newsreader. Methinks the Windows live profile must be out of date.

Jilnar Jardali Windows Live Profile

I haven't found anything else about her, other than she's Lebanese as you said.

Anyway, all the best to you if you're still around.

If you're not hopefully some other well informed & kind soul can help make sense of it all.

PS: This is an excellent forum BTW & the people all seem to be really nice.

...This is quite creepy, almost stalker-ish

I was wondering is someone would say that!

Not really all that stalker-ish. It's a bit hard to stalk someone who lives on the other side of the planet.

None of the female pop stars do anything for me or the female Hollywood starlets but at least all those people have their own websites where people can read & learn about them. When they don't, it takes a bit more effort...

-- Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:32 am --

Thank you for updating the site to allow us to add YouTube videos.

Here's a couple of little ones I found of of Jilnar Jardaly I thought some of you may like:







Have a good day everyone & thanks again to the admins for the site. I know I don't post very often but I like to drop by & look around sometimes.

-- Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:49 pm --

Hello again everyone,

I hope you're all having a nice Easter break.

Someone just told me that Jilnar Jardaly & her husband Mazen el Bizri have a son called Omar. I'm not sure if it's true though. You can't always believe what people tell you on the Internet.

All the best over Easter &, if you're driving, please take extra care on the roads.

SKaVeN