ABOUT:
I am a journalist and currently Opinion Editor at The National, based in Abu Dhabi. You can also see my writing and reporting in the New York Times, New Statesman, BBC, VICE, and elsewhere. I have also worked as a consultant and translator on news investigations for the UK's Channel 4 and Canada's Globe & Mail.
I began my career covering the mining and energy sectors in Canada, reporting from Québec and the far north for US industry publications. I eventually moved to Istanbul, where I covered the migrant crisis and the Syrian war. Recently, much of my work has been focused on Afghanistan. I also occasionally write travel stories for The National’s monthly lifestyle magazine, and contribute regular columns in the newspaper’s Opinion section.
I read international relations and economic history at the London School of Economics, and Arabic at the University of Damascus. I speak English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Persian, and Urdu.
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