Zahra Hankir | |
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Nationality | Lebanese |
Occupation(s) | Journalist and editor |
Zahra Hankir ( Arabic زهرة حنكير) is a Lebanese-British journalist and editor. [1]
Hankir studied politics at the American University of Beirut and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Manchester. [2] She won a Scripps Howard Fellowship to attend the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. [3]
Hankir worked for Bloomberg News in Dubai during the Arab Spring, covering the economy and markets. [4] She writes about culture in the Middle East and her journalism has been featured in news publications such as BBC News, VICE News, Al Jazeera English, Literary Hub, Roads & Kingdoms, [5] gal-dem, [6] and elsewhere.
In March 2020 she appeared in a panel discussion at Adelaide Writers' Week, along with Omani novelist Johka Alharthi and Iranian-American journalist Azadeh Moaveni. [7]
Her first book, Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World, [8] featuring a foreword by Christiane Amanpour, was published by Penguin Books on 6 August 2019 in the US. [9] It was described by Dwight Garner of the New York Times as "A stirring, provocative and well-made new anthology . . . that rewrites the hoary rules of the foreign correspondent playbook, deactivating the old clichés" [10] and by NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson as a book that will appeal to "readers of all genders and backgrounds who want to broaden their understanding of the Arab world". [11]
In an interview with VICE News, Hankir said without the reporting of the Arab world's women journalists: "the story of the region and its many nuances would be incomplete". [12]
Her second book will be on the history of eyeliner. It will be published in 2023 by Penguin.
Zahra Hankir | |
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Nationality | Lebanese |
Occupation(s) | Journalist and editor |
Zahra Hankir ( Arabic زهرة حنكير) is a Lebanese-British journalist and editor. [1]
Hankir studied politics at the American University of Beirut and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Manchester. [2] She won a Scripps Howard Fellowship to attend the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. [3]
Hankir worked for Bloomberg News in Dubai during the Arab Spring, covering the economy and markets. [4] She writes about culture in the Middle East and her journalism has been featured in news publications such as BBC News, VICE News, Al Jazeera English, Literary Hub, Roads & Kingdoms, [5] gal-dem, [6] and elsewhere.
In March 2020 she appeared in a panel discussion at Adelaide Writers' Week, along with Omani novelist Johka Alharthi and Iranian-American journalist Azadeh Moaveni. [7]
Her first book, Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World, [8] featuring a foreword by Christiane Amanpour, was published by Penguin Books on 6 August 2019 in the US. [9] It was described by Dwight Garner of the New York Times as "A stirring, provocative and well-made new anthology . . . that rewrites the hoary rules of the foreign correspondent playbook, deactivating the old clichés" [10] and by NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson as a book that will appeal to "readers of all genders and backgrounds who want to broaden their understanding of the Arab world". [11]
In an interview with VICE News, Hankir said without the reporting of the Arab world's women journalists: "the story of the region and its many nuances would be incomplete". [12]
Her second book will be on the history of eyeliner. It will be published in 2023 by Penguin.