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Amel Pain

Germany

Amel was raised in Algeria before moving to France and starting her career with French newspapers and magazines. She joined epa as an editor on the Frankfurt news desk in 2008. She was chosen in 2010 to become epa’s first chief of editorial operations for the Middle East, based in Cairo, where she organized coverage from North Africa and the Middle East and also covered major events as a visual journalist herself. In 2014, Amel was appointed epa’s Head of Video, steering the company’s international video production. Two years later, she moved to Amman, Jordan, where she combined the two roles. Since the end of 2020 Amel has been a Managing Editor at epa's headquarters in Frankfurt.