Kim Ghattas
Lebanese journalist (born 1977)
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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] She is currently a writer for The Atlantic and a contributing editor to the Financial Times.[6]
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Ghattas interviewing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in 2014 | |
| Born | 1977 (age 48–49) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Education | American University of Beirut |
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| Website | kimghattas |
Life
Ghattas was raised Christian in Lebanon during the 1975–1990 civil war.[7] She attended the American University of Beirut, studying political science, while also interning at an English-language newspaper in Beirut. She then worked for the Financial Times and the BBC from Beirut. In early 2008, she moved to Washington, D.C. to take up a BBC post covering the US State Department.[8][9]
In 2013, Ghattas wrote a book titled The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power about her travels with Hillary Clinton during Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State.[10][11] She later covered Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign for the BBC.[12] Ghattas's second book, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East, is a post-1979 history of the Middle East.[13]
Works
- The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power, Henry Holt and Company 2013. ISBN 9780805095111
- Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East, Henry Holt in 2020. ISBN 9781250131201