Hoda Kotb
Hoda Kotb is an American-Egyptian journalist and writer, born on August 9, 1964, in Norman, Oklahoma, and holding citizenship in both the United States and Egypt.
Kotb attended Fort Hunt High School before continuing her education at Virginia Tech, where she studied within the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. She went on to build a career in broadcast journalism, becoming notable for her work on Dateline NBC and on Today. Egyptian Arabic figures among the languages she has used, reflecting the dual cultural background she carries as a citizen of both the United States and Egypt.
Her work in journalism has been recognized with a range of significant honors. She received a Peabody Award as well as the Edward R. Murrow Award. She also received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host and The Matrix Awards. In addition, she was named to Time magazine's Time 100 list, which recognizes notable figures across a broad range of fields.
Kotb's career has encompassed both journalism and writing, and the awards she has received — spanning the Peabody, the Edward R. Murrow Award, and the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host — mark the range of her work across those two programs, Dateline NBC and Today.
Quotes by Hoda Kotb
Having cancer empowered me to take more risks. I knew beating cancer was going to shape me, but it wasn't going to be all of me.
The elimination diet: Remove anger, regret, resentment, guilt, blame, and worry. Then watch your health, and life, improve. – Charles F. Glassman.
You don’t have to move mountains. Simply fall in love with life. Be a tornado of happiness, gratitude, and acceptance. You will change the world just by being a warm, kind-hearted human being. – Anita Krizzan.
I love Jennifer Aniston’s style. She is streamlined and never overdone. And Demi Moore always looks classic, gorgeous and sophisticated.
If it weren’t for my breast cancer, I wouldn’t be a ‘Today’ host. After I got better, I talked to my boss about working on the show. Six months before, I’d have been terrified to go in there and ask for what I wanted. But after what I’d been through, how could I be scared of being told no?
