Rania Abouzeid
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Rania Abouzeid is a Lebanese Australian independent journalist who has extensively covered the war in Syria.
Biography
[edit]Rania Abouzeid was born in New Zealand to Lebanese immigrant 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] Besides her print work, Abouzeid has created documentaries, her first being Syria: Behind Rebel Lines.[8] 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.[9][2][4][10][11][12] Her first book No Turning Back has won the Cornelius Ryan Award.[13]
Works
[edit]Books
[edit]- No Turning Back. Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria, 2018
- Sisters of the War: Two Remarkable True Stories of Survival and Hope in Syria, 2020
Documentaries
[edit]- Syria: Behind Rebel Lines, 2013
Sources
[edit]- ^ "Rania Abouzeid". The New Yorker.
- ^ a b "Rania Abouzeid, Author at Deca". decastories.com.
- ^ Humphreys, Joe. "War reporters to speak of the hazards of the field – and Twitter – at Dublin event". The Irish Times.
- ^ a b Gordon, Sarah. "Rania Abouzeid -". logan nonfiction. Logan Nonfiction Program.
- ^ University, Long Island. "Long Island University Announces 66th Annual George Polk Awards In Journalism". www.prnewswire.com.
- ^ "The Kelly Award".
- ^ "Kurt Schork Memorial Fund Awards in International Journalism" (PDF). ksmfund.org. 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Syria: Behind Rebel Lines". Al Jazeera. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "Rania Abouzeid". New America.
- ^ "List of Alumni by Class Year". Nieman Foundation.
- ^ Abouzeid, Rania. "Rania Abouzeid". The Atlantic.
- ^ "Blacklisted From Syria, A Journalist Says: 'I Couldn't Imagine Staying Away'". text.npr.org.
- ^ "No Turning Back". wwnorton.com.
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