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Kim Ghattas | |
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Born | 1977 (age 46–47) Beirut, Lebanon |
Education | American University of Beirut |
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Website | kimghattas |
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]