Al-Monitor journalists and reporters

Salim Essaid

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Salim Essaid is an American TV/online presenter/producer specializing in technology, business, energy and innovation. 

From 2018 to 2020 he was the lead reporter on the Euronews feature program Inspire Middle East, covering topics ranging from culture & the arts to business & innovation in ...

Diego Cupolo

Ankara, Turkey

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Diego Cupolo is a multimedia journalist, photographer, and author of "Seven Syrians: War Accounts From Syrian Refugees" (2013 - 8th House Publishing).

His articles have appeared in The Atlantic, Foreign Policy and The New Statesman, among other publications. His photography and video clients ...

Shahira Amin

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

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Shahira Amin is a journalist based in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Print journalist - Feature stories, interview, research .  Broadcast Journalist _Interview, Live Phoner for Radio or TV , documentary film maker , fixer.  Speaks / writes fluent English.  Mainly reports on current affairs (politics, ...

Youssra El-Sharkawy

Cairo, Egypt

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Youssra el-Sharkawy is a journalist based in Cairo, Egypt.

Akiva Eldar

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

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Akiva Eldar is a journalist based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

Mahmut Bozarslan

Diyarbakır, Turkey

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Mahmut Bozarslan is a journalist based in Diyarbakır, Turkey.

I worked particularly in East and Southeast of Turkey but especially in Norhern Iraq . During this time, I followed almost all terrorist incidents in the region and I made very successful stories. Because of my Kurdish language skill ...

Ali Hashem

Baghdad, Iraq

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Graduated from Baghdad college of Fine arts, Cinema and television department. I have two short films prepared by me as directing, scenario and editing.I have made lots of short breaks, editing multi short films, directing varied programs and documentaries, actor in multiple short films and ...

Meir Javedanfar

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

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Meir Javedanfar is a journalist based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

Abeer Ayyoub

Gaza

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Abeer Ayyoub is a freelance journalist from Gaza, with an MA in New Media.  Abeer worked for various international media outlets covering the situation in Gaza, Palestine for seven years. She also worked as a podcast producer, and TV reporter in Amman for the last two years.

Jennifer Gnana

Manama, Bahrain

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Jennifer Gnana is a multi-lingual journalist with experience in print and broadcast, currently based in Bahrain. She has extensive experience reporting on economic development in the Middle East, with a focus on GCC and Iran. Her specialty is feature writing and risk analysis. She is fluent in ...

Saeid Jafari

Rome, Italy

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Saeid Jafari is an Iranian journalist and an analyst on Middle Eastern affairs. He is a contributor to various media outlets such as Al-Monitor, Foreign Policy, Atlantic Council, National Interest, Middle East Eye, and Euronews. He has also worked for many Iranian media outlets including Aseman, ...

Alessandra Bajec

Istanbul, Turkey

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Alessandra Bajec is an independent journalist with nearly 15 years of experience reporting across the Middle East and North Africa. She has reported from Tunisia, Egypt, the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Iraq, and beyond. Her reporting has appeared in international outlets including The New ...

Nicole Di Ilio

Beirut, Lebanon

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Nicole Di Ilio is a journalist based in Beirut, Lebanon.
Her work focuses on conflicts, radicalism, migrations, and marginalized groups. Her writing has appeared in Sky News, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Al Monitor, New Lines Magazine, VICE, Al Jazeera, among other publications. In recent years, ...

Farahmand Alipour

Turin, Italy

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Farahmand Alipour is an Iranian journalist based in Turin, Italy.
Work Experience
Journalist , Jan 2009 – Present
• Conducted special coverage of Afghanistan’s 2014 presidential election; Interviewing Afghan presidential candidates and high-ranked governmental officials including the foreign ...

Shahira Amin

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

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Shahira Amin is an award winning journalist based in Cairo, Egypt.  Former Deputy Head of Nile TV and one of the channel's senior anchors/correspondents , she quit her job at the height of the 2011 uprising to protest censorship. Amin has worked as a longtime contributor to CNN's Inside Africa and ...

Islam Alatrash

Tripoli, Libya

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Islam Alatrash is a journalist based in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. His work has appeared in Reuters, Al Jazeera Arabic, DW Arabic and Al Araby, among others.

Joseph Hammond

London, United Kingdom

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Joseph Hammond has reported in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. He has written for a number of publications including The Economist, U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, Newsweek Middle East Edition, International Business Times, Monocle Magazine, and the Economist. Hammond’s worked as Cairo ...

Menna A. Farouk

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

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Menna A. Farouk is a journalist based in Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt.

Amel Hadj Ahmed Hilali

Tunis, Tunisia

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amel hadj ahmed hilali is a journalist and senior news reporter based in Tunis, Tunisia.
 with more than 10  years' experience in covering politics and social events/ new-media, future-media and social media journalism platforms.
Extensive experience of working in International broadcasting in ...

Laura Cesaretti

Kabul, Afghanistan

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Laura Cesaretti is a journalist based in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Piero Castellano

Genoa, Italy

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A freelance photographer and journalist based in Genoa, Italy, I provide compelling narratives through articles, interviews, and meticulously captioned photo essays in Italian and English. My work focuses on human stories set within their cultural landscapes, exploring intricate social, political, ...

Abbas Ibrahim

Lagos, Nigeria

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Abbas Ibrahim is a multimedia journalist based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Anuj Chopra

Kabol, Afghanistan

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Anuj Chopra is a journalist based in Kabol, Afghanistan.

Piero Cingari

Portimão, Portugal

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Financial Journalist & Macro Analyst with over 10 years of experience covering global markets, central bank policy, and cross-asset dynamics.

I am consistently ranked as a top contributor on Journalist.net across the Finance, Federal Reserve, ECB, and Global Economy categories.

Currently, I ...

Saeed Aganji

Helsinki, Finland

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Saeed Aganji is an Iranian investigative journalist, researcher, and political analyst based in Finland. His work focuses on corruption networks, sanctions evasion mechanisms, oil and petrochemical trade, corporate structures, and Iranian political and security affairs. He specializes in document-...