Kim Ghattas

Kim Ghattas
Ghattas interviewing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in 2014
Born1977 (age 46–47)
Beirut, Lebanon
EducationAmerican University of Beirut
Occupations
  • Author
  • journalist
Websitekimghattas.com

Kim Ghattas (English: /ˈxætæs/;[1] born 1977) is a Lebanese journalist based in Beirut who writes for The Atlantic.[2] Previously, she covered the US State Department for the BBC.[3] She is a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the author of Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East, which The New York Times recognized as one of the "100 Notable Books of 2020."[4][5]

  1. ^ "Kim Ghattas, author of The Secretary, Shares Her Book Picks – YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Israel/Gaza Edition". WNYC. 6 November 2023.
  3. ^ "A Reporter Looks at Hillary Clinton's Public Diplomacy". Huffington Post. April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  4. ^ "An alternative Middle East". www.newstatesman.com. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  5. ^ "100 Notable Books of 2020". The New York Times. 20 November 2020.