The Untold Stories of Arab Women Journalists Redefining War Reporting | Zahra Hankir
We talked to Zahra about her work and publishing the fantastic collection "Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World." The collection of essays was an Observer Book of the Year (2019) and a New York Times Editors’ Pick (August 2019).
Zahra Hankir is an award-winning Lebanese-British journalist and editor who writes about the intersection of politics, culture, and society in the Middle East. She was awarded a Jack R. Howard Fellowship in International Journalism to attend the Columbia Journalism School and holds degrees in politics and Middle Eastern studies from the American University of Beirut and the University of Manchester, respectively. Her first book, Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World, was awarded the Susan Koppelman Award for the best anthology, multi-authored, or edited book in feminist studies. She has had stints at BBC News in London and at the New York Times Syndicate in Manhattan. Hankir was born in the United Kingdom during Lebanon’s civil war, and has lived in Sidon, Beirut, Dubai, New York, Manchester and London. She regularly travels to the Middle East.
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