Sonia Mabrouk: 3 things to know about the famous journalist

Sonia Mabrouk’s career began nearly 20 years ago. Coming from a wealthy Tunisian family where politics plays an important role, this graduate of a business school in Carthage and a DEA at the Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris embarked on journalism under the leadership of Franco-Tunisian reporter Béchir Ben Yahmed.

For three years, Sonia Mabrouk officiated in the editorial staff of the weekly Jeune Afrique. In 2008, her meeting with journalist Jean-Pierre Elkabbach allowed her to join the Public Senate channel, where she became the first Tunisian to present the newspaper on French television. After obtaining French nationality in 2010, her career took another turn where she headed towards radio.

In 2013, Sonia Mabrouk arrived on Europe 1 where she hosts the Débat des Grandes Voix on the midday segment. It also presents debate and information programs within the Lagardère group station, such as Les Grandes Voix vouspondent, Les Éclaireurs, or the Journal from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. While waking up the French every morning with the political morning interview since 2019, the journalist is also very followed in the media.

In parallel with her radio activities, Sonia Mabrouk joined CNEWS, the Canal group’s continuous news channel, in 2017. This was an opportunity for her to host her own program Les voix de l’info from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., then to occupy the midday box on the same channel from 2019.

Very followed by viewers, his omnipresence on the air of a channel with a conservative editorial line nevertheless earned him a funny portrait signed Liberation. After its publication, the journalist did not lack humor to comment on this paper on Twitter.

In 2018, Sonia Mabrouk was dating French chef Guy Savoy. A meeting between the Franco-Tunisian journalist and the famous cook which took place on a television set, when she worked on the Public Senate channel. With Paris Match, the author spoke at length about their relationship.

“The expression ‘to have his feet on the ground’ seems to have been invented for him. Guy needs contact with nature to imagine a second life for products. When he travels abroad, an imperative need to reconnecting invades him on his return. He responds with a well-established ritual by going to the Poncelet market. The reconnection is immediate with the France he loves. Authentic and human”, she told our colleagues. In November 2022, Sonia Mabrouk revealed to the Purepeople site her separation from the chef, explaining that their relationship “is no longer relevant”.

Since then, the forties journalist would have found love again this year. According to Paris Match magazine, Sonia Mabrouk is in a relationship with singer Pascal Obispo. They were notably seen in Cap Ferret, the haven of peace of the famous artist. “Pascal Obispo has everything romantic that cultivates the sweetness of melodies. In common, they have this kind of armor that makes them difficult to pin down, and the love of the words with which they play”, relates the magazine people. For the time being, they have not reacted publicly to this information.