Kim Ghattas

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Kim Ghattas
Secretary Kerry Conducts Interview in Iraq With BBC's Ghattas (14492530121).jpg
Ghattas interviewing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in 2014
Born
Beirut, Lebanon
NationalityDutch-Lebanese
EducationAmerican University of Beirut
Occupation
  • Author
  • journalist
Websitekimghattas.com

Kim Ghattas (English: /ˈxætæs/;[1] born 1977 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Dutch-Lebanese journalist for the BBC who has covered the US State Department.[2] She is a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the author of Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East, which The New York Times recognized as one of the "100 Notable Books of 2020."[3][4]

Life[]

Ghattas attended the American University of Beirut, studying political science. At the same time, she worked as an intern at an English-language newspaper in Beirut. She then worked for the Financial Times and the BBC from Beirut. After reporting from the Middle East, in early 2008 she moved to Washington, D.C. to take up a post covering the US State Department.[5][6]

In 2013, Ghattas wrote a book titled The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power about her travels with Hillary Clinton during Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State.[7][8] She later covered Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign for the BBC.[9]

Ghattas's second book, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East, is a post-1979 history of the Middle East.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Works[]

  • The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power, Henry Holt and Company 2013. ISBN 9780805095111
  • Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East, Henry Holt in 2020. ISBN 9781250131201

References[]

  1. ^ "Kim Ghattas, author of The Secretary, Shares Her Book Picks - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. ^ "A Reporter Looks at Hillary Clinton's Public Diplomacy". Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  3. ^ "An alternative Middle East". www.newstatesman.com. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  4. ^ "100 Notable Books of 2020". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "Review: "The Secretary: A Journey With Hillary Clinton From Beirut to the Heart of American Power,' by Kim Ghattas". Star Tribune. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Kim Ghattas discusses Hillary Clinton and 'The Secretary'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  7. ^ Weisman, Steven R. (March 8, 2013). "'The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power' by Kim Ghattas". The Washington Post. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  8. ^ Rauhala, Emily. "Hillary Clinton's long — and complicated — relationship with China". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  9. ^ Kim, Ghattas. "US election 2016: On the campaign bus with Hillary Clinton". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  10. ^ BLACK WAVE by Kim Ghattas | Kirkus Reviews.
  11. ^ "Book Marks reviews of Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East by Kim Ghattas". Book Marks. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  12. ^ Black, Ian (2020-01-19). "Black Wave by Kim Ghattas review – insightful history of Middle Eastern conflict". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  13. ^ "'Black Wave' Author Chronicles Cultural, Religious Upheaval In The Middle East". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  14. ^ "'Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East,' by Kim Ghattas: An Excerpt". The New York Times. 2020-01-28. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  15. ^ Joffe, Josef (2020-01-27). "'Black Wave' Review: Islam Against Itself". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  16. ^ Matthiesen, Toby (31 January 2020). "Black Wave — how Saudi-Iran rivalry has unravelled the Middle East". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2020-02-17.

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