Columbia Journalism Alumni Reporting on the Israel-Hamas War

Euan Ward reporting
Smoke and flames rising after an Israeli airstrike in the Dahiyeh, area of Lebanon on Friday. Photo credit: Hassan Ammar/Associated Press
Euan Ward, '22 M.S.

Based in Beirut, Euan Ward is a British reporter contributing to The New York Times.

Shayndi Raice reporting
A memorial to people killed last year at a music festival near the Gaza Strip. Photo credit: Amit Elkayam for WSJ
Shayndi Raice, '09 M.S., '10 M.A. Politics
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Davide Lerner, '24 M.A. Politics
Ben Barrier reporting
An image from Benjamin Barnier's Instagram account from his time reporting in Israel. Photo by Roni Sofer.
Benjamin Barnier, '06 M.S.

A graduate of both CJS and Sciences Po, Ben Barnier is a Grande Reporter for France Télévisions.

A man interviewed for Bethan McKernan's podcast. Photo credit: Quique Kierszenbaum/The Guardian
A man interviewed for Bethan McKernan's podcast. Photo credit: Quique Kierszenbaum/The Guardian
Bethan McKernan, '13 M.S. Stabile
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Mourners on July 31 bid farewell to civilians killed in an Israeli strike the day before, which Hezbollah said killed one of its senior commanders. Photo credit: Reuters)
Sarah Dadouch, '17 M.S. Stabile

Now the Saudi correspondent at Semafor, Beirut-based Sarah Dadouch covered the Middle East for the Washington Post.

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Screenshot of PBS Newshour: "Gazans reflect on one year of living in war, incomprehensible loss and sorrow."
Zeba Warsi, '22 M.A. Politics

Zeba Warsi, a Peabody Award-winning broadcast journalist, is reporting on the war as a foreign affairs producer for PBS News.

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Screenshot of DW video: "News Peace activists protect Gaza-bound aid convoys from attacks by Israeli extremists."
Aya Ibrahim, '22 M.A. Politics

A Special Correspondent at DW News — the flagship news show of Deutsche Welle — Aya Ibrahim has covered the conflict from the ground.

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A view of a damaged building at the site of Friday's Israeli strike, as search and rescue operations continue, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon September 21, 2024. Photo credit: REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Emily Rose, '22 M.A.

Emily Rose is a TV reporter and writer with more than a decade of experience in the Middle East. She is now a correspondent for Reuters Jerusalem.

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Screenshot of "Fault Lines: Starving Gaza: A Palestinian doctor tries to save severely malnourished children amid Israel’s US-backed illegal siege on Gaza."
Laila Al-Arian, '06 M.S.

Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist, filmmaker and the executive producer of Al Jazeera's flagship U.S investigative documentary program, Fault Lines.

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The occupied West Bank is divided into Area A, B and C. Area C is completely controlled by Israel. Photo credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP Photo
Rania Zabaneh, '10 M.S.

Rania Zabaneh is a producer in Al Jazeera's Ramallah bureau. Previously, she covered news and features for Al Jazeera Arabic in Jerusalem.

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Photo credit: WSJ
Sune Engel Rasmussen, '13 M.S.

Rasmussen is a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and covers Afghanistan, Iran and other geopolitical issues in the Middle East and Europe.

Gal Cohen, the secretary-general of Be’eri, in a destroyed home in Kibbutz Be’eri.Photographs by Ofir Berman for The New Yorker
Gal Cohen, the secretary-general of Be’eri, in a destroyed home in Kibbutz Be’eri. Photo credit: Ofir Berman for The New Yorker
Ruth Margalit, '11 M.S.

For The New Yorker, Ruth Margalit writes about the region, including a kibbutz one year after the events of October 7.

 A Syrian military spokesperson (L) points to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Dec. 23, 2017, in Al Gunaytirah in southwestern Syria. Photo: Kyodo/AP
A Syrian military spokesperson (L) points to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Dec. 23, 2017, in Al Gunaytirah in southwestern Syria. Photo credit: Kyodo/AP
Ali Gharib, '10 M.S.

Ali Gharib is The Intercept’s Senior News Editor, where he manages coverage and hosts a podcast addressing the Israel-Hamas war.

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Kourosh Ziabari, '24 M.A. Politics

Recent graduate Kourosh Ziabari wrote in the Cairo Review of Global Affairs: "Iranians Don’t Want a War With Israel."