Hoda And Klg
Kotb was born in Norman, Oklahoma, but grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia.[1] Her parents are from Egypt. Kotb and her family lived in Egypt for a year, as well as Nigeria.[2]
In Arabic, the name "Hoda" means "guidance", and is very popular among
Arab women. The surname "Kotb" means "the pole", as in North or South
Pole, and is a common surname among Egyptians. For a period during her
career, she spelled her surname Kotbe to aid in pronunciation; she has since reverted to using the original form, Kotb.[3]In 1986, she graduated from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism.[1] She is a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority.[4]She was the keynote speaker at her alma mater for the 2008 Virginia Tech graduation, where she played Metallica's "Enter Sandman" over her iPod.[5]In 2010, she was elected to a three-year term to the Virginia Tech Alumni Association Board of Directors.[6]Hoda is the Author of her New York Times Bestselling Book Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee which was released in hardcover in October 2010.Egyptian-American television news anchor and TV host known as the co-host of the fourth hour of Today with Kathie Lee Gifford. She won a Daytime Emmy in 2010 as part of The Today Show team.
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