Rania Abouzeid

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Rania Abouzeid
Born
New Zealand
OccupationJournalist
Known forMiddle east coverage
Websitewww.raniaabouzeid.com

Rania Abouzeid is a Lebanese Australian journalist who has extensively covered the war in Syria.

Biography[]

Rania Abouzeid was born in New Zealand to Lebanese parents. She was raised in Australia regularly visiting Beirut to see family during holidays. Abouzeid attended the University of Melbourne, Australia. Since then she has worked for the New Yorker, TIME, Politico, The Guardian and many other publications.[1][2][3][4] Abouzeid is based in Beirut. In 2014 her story The Jihad next door won a George Polk award as well as the Michael Kelly Award.[5][6] Abouzeid won the Kurt Schork Award in International Journalism in 2013.[7] As well as her print work, Abouzeid has created documentaries, her first being Syria: Behind Rebel Lines. She has also written books about the conflict. Abouzeid has been awarded fellowships from the European Council on Foreign Relations, Harvard, Columbia and New America.[8][2][4][9][10][11] Her first book won the Cornelius Ryan Award.[12]

Books[]

  • No Turning Back. Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria, 2018
  • Sisters of the War, 2020

Sources[]

  1. ^ "Rania Abouzeid". The New Yorker.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Rania Abouzeid, Author at Deca". decastories.com.
  3. ^ Humphreys, Joe. "War reporters to speak of the hazards of the field – and Twitter – at Dublin event". The Irish Times.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Gordon, Sarah. "Rania Abouzeid -". logan nonfiction. Logan Nonfiction Program.
  5. ^ University, Long Island. "Long Island University Announces 66th Annual George Polk Awards In Journalism". www.prnewswire.com.
  6. ^ "The Kelly Award".
  7. ^ Foundation, Thomson Reuters. "The Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism 2013". news.trust.org.
  8. ^ "Rania Abouzeid". New America.
  9. ^ "List of Alumni by Class Year". Nieman Foundation.
  10. ^ Abouzeid, Rania. "Rania Abouzeid". The Atlantic.
  11. ^ "Blacklisted From Syria, A Journalist Says: 'I Couldn't Imagine Staying Away'". text.npr.org.
  12. ^ "No Turning Back". wwnorton.com.
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