Women Reporters in the MENA Region

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Jan 1

Written By enes keskin

New To Conflicts In Middle East? Find Below Select Women Journalists & Experts Covering The Region

The Coalition For Women In Journalism has been vigilantly following the turmoil in Syria, Turkey, Lebanon and the Middle East at large. Our members and colleagues, some of whom are remarkable women journalists and experts on the region, provide us with regular updates. Whether you’re a seasoned expert or new to the crises, we have compiled a list of women journalists and experts you should follow on social media. Editors and newsrooms in need of eyes on the ground may find our list useful as well. Our list includes some of the most dedicated and experienced women journalists covering the region.

Index

Syria
Reporters & Analysts
Kurdish Issues
Reporters / Photojournalists on the ground
Kurdish Issues
Journalists to be contacted for analysis or panels
Turkish - Syria Border
Reporters / Photojournalists on the ground
Turkish - Syria Border
Analysts
Turkey
Journalists on the ground
Turkey
Analysts
Lebanon
Foreign correspondents on the ground
Lebanon
Analysts

Syria

Reporters and analysts

Alessandria Masi

Managing Editor for Syria Deeply; currently at CNN

Dareen Khalifa

Senior Syria Analyst, International Crisis Group

Elizabeth Ferris

Co-director of the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement

Elizabeth Tsurkov

Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute; Admin, Women Know MENA

Farah Najjar

Journalist/Producer for AJ English with a focus on Palestine & MENA.

Hannah Allam

Foreign affairs reporter for Washington Post

Hoda Abdel-Hamid

War correspondent with Al Jazeera

Hwaida Saad

Covers Syria from Lebanon. for New York Times

Janine di Giovanni

Newsweek Middle East Editor; Longtime war reporter on conflict; analyst and author.

Joyce Karam

Washington Correspondent, The National

Kiran Nazish

Journalist and analyst on Syria, ISIS and Kurdish issues

Liz Sly

Washington Post’s Beirut bureau chief

Nussaibah Younis

Founder of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program

Rania Abouzeid

Independent journalist covering the Middle East, primarily Syria; based in Beirut.

Robin Wright

Writer for New Yorker; Author of Rock the Casbah and other books on Middle-East.

Rukmini Callimachi

Correspondent for The New York Times covering ISIS

Saphora Smith

Foreign reporter for NBC News covering Middle East

Suzan Haidamous

Washington Post reporter in Beirut

Zeina Khodr

Senior correspondent, Aljazeera English — Turkey/Syria

Kurdish Issues

Reporters / Photojournalists on the ground

Frederike Geerdink

Journalist and author in Kurdistan

Jenan Moussa

Reporter for Dubai’s Al Aan TV

Kurdish Issues

Journalists to be contacted for analysis or panels

Aylina Kılıç

Reporter focused on Kurdish issues

Cale Salih

Project manager at the Institute for Integrated transitions, writes on Kurdistan

Figen Gunes

Reporter with focus on Turkey, Kurdish issues and London

Louisa Loveluck

Journalist based in Beirut for Washington Post

Lawen Azad

Former host and producer of ‘Inside Kurdistan Extra’

Nurcan Baysal

Kurdish author, journalist, human rights defender, columnist

Ruwayda Mustafah
Author of A Journey to Kurdistan
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Turkish - Syria Border

Reporters / Photojournalists on the ground

Kristina Jovanovski

Canadian journalist based in Turkey. Worked on the Turkish side of the Turkey-Syria border

Jenan Moussa

Reporter for Dubai’s Al Aan TV

Julia Hahn

DW’s Turkey Correspondent

Turkish - Syria Border

Analysts

Erin Cunningham

Washington Post correspondent in Istanbul, writing about the region

Karen Young

Resident Scholar @AEI, covering political economy of the Gulf/MENA

Mona Yacoubian

Conflict analysis and prevention in the Middle East

Turkey

Journalists on the ground

Arwa Damon

CNN Senior International Correspondent

Jane Arraf

NPR international correspondent covering Iraq

Jenan Moussa

Reporter for Dubai’s Al Aan TV

Jomana Qaddour

Syrian American lawyer & doctoral student Georgetown University Law Center

Loveday Morris

Washington Post correspondent

Alba Cambeiro

Freelance photojournalist from Spain based in Istanbul

Sara Kayyali

Syria Researcher, Human Rights Watch

Turkey

Analysts

Alev Scott

Freelance writer, and author of Turkish Awakening

Amberin Zaman

Columnist at Al-Monitor, and former Turkey Correspondent, The Economist, Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar

Asli Aydintasbas

Journalist, and Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations

Ayla Albayrak

Journalist, Wall Street Journal correspondent in Istanbul

Ayla Jean Yackley

Journalist covering Turkey. CFWIJ member

Cale Salih

Researcher for The United Nations University’s Centre for Policy Research

Christy Quirk

Polling specialist, and political strategist based in Istanbul

Emel Kurma

Helsinki Citizens Assembly, an organization of citizens dedicated to peace, democracy and human rights in Europe

Emma Sinclair - Webb

Director for Human Rights Watch in Turkey

Gonul Tol

Director of the Middle East Institute’s Turkish Studies Program

Hale Akay

Independent researcher

Humeyra Pamuk

Senior Correspondent, Reuters, and Knight-Bagehot fellow at Columbia Journalism School

Jennifer Hattam

Freelance journalist based in Istanbul

Laura Pitel

Financial Times correspondent based in Ankara, Turkey. CFWIJ member

Nigar Goksel

Turkey Director, International Crisis Group

Sabiha Senyucel Gundogar

Research director of PODEM Istanbul

Zeynep Erdim

Bureau Editor, BBC News

Lebanon

Foreign correspondents on the ground

Zahraa Dirany: Freelance Journalist/ Media Coordinator at the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering. She tweets here.
Bissan Fakih: Former campaign director The Syria Campaign. Contact email: bissanfakih@gmail.com
Rima Itani: She is the producer of Al Jazeera Instagram account and is based in Doha. You can follow her work here.

Luna Safwan

Reporting for VICE Arabia

Julie Kebbi

Works for L’Orient-Le Jour. International desk

Tamara Qiblawi

Digital Middle East producer at CNN

Alexandra Talty

Writer/Journalist based in Lebanon

Sarah Dadouch

Washington Post correspondent based in Beirut, Lebanon

Abby Sewell

Beirut-based features reporter for Daily Star Lebanon

Zahraa Dirany

Freelance Journalist/ Media Coordinator at the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering

Bissan Fakih

Former campaign director The Syria Campaign

Rima Itani

She is the producer of Al Jazeera Instagram account and is based in Doha

Lebanon

Analysts

Andrea Backhaus

Covers Middle East, conflict & migration, and beyond

Hayat Mirshad

Journalist/Head of Communications & Campaigning at the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering

Abeer Saksouk

Architect and urbanist

Mary Khodari

Feminist & Gender Equality Activist

Rand Hammoud

Does research and Campaigns on Iraq and Jordan for Amnesty International

Maha Yahya

Director Carnegie Middle East

Sulome Anderson

Author and journalist with expertise on Palestine, Lebanon and Hezbollah

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