Karim El-Gawhary once said that he did not want the protagonists of his reporting to be seen as objects, but rather to meet them on an equal level. You have to give people faces and names. El-Gawhary himself has been the face of ORF when it comes to reports from the Arab world for more than two decades. That is likely to change soon. Because the ORF is letting the 63-year-old’s contract expire in mid-2026. The broadcaster did not yet want to officially confirm what is considered fixed within ORF.
