Trivia

She earned a Bachelor of Science in economics from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., and graduated from the Institut d'études politiques (better known as Sciences Po) in Paris in 1995.

Gorani is a U.S. citizen with Syrian parents. She is fluent in English, French and Arabic. She considers Paris her home, which is also where her mother resides.

She is a U.S. citizen with Syrian parents.and she was mainly raised in Paris, France. She has also lived in Algeria.

Her name " Ha'la " is a common Arabic name means "halo around the moon".