Journalist Kim Ghattas [afikra Conversations]
Kim Ghattas talked to us about her newest podcast, "People Like Us", which tackles issues that matter in the Arab world but resonate with a global audience, as well as other materials she has authored such as her books "The Secretary - A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power" (Holt 2013) and "Black Wave -Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Forty Year Rivalry that unraveled Culture, Religion and Collective Memory in the Middle East"
Award-winning journalist, author, Middle East expert, and a child of the Lebanese war Kim Ghattas, has twenty years of on-air experience as a radio and television correspondent and anchor for the BBC and the Financial Times, covering the Middle East from Beirut and American foreign policy from Washington DC for a U.S. and global audience. She is now a contributing writer for The Atlantic. She is the author of the NYT best seller The Secretary - A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power (Holt 2013). In 2020, she published Black Wave -Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Forty Year Rivalry that unraveled Culture, Religion and Collective Memory in the Middle East, which was named a 100 Notable book of 2020 by the New York Times. As an author, her writing has been praised for making complex geopolitics accessible through personal storytelling. Her interview style is personal, thoughtful and incisive. She brings a built-in audience through her time as a broadcaster, her books and her online presence. Born and raised in Beirut during Lebanon’s civil war, Ghattas speaks English, Arabic, French and Dutch and lives between Beirut and Washington D.C.
About Conversations
afikra Conversations is our flagship program featuring long-form interviews with experts from academia, art, and media who are helping document and/or shape the histories and cultures of the Arab world through their work. Our hope is that by having the guest share their expertise and story, the community still walks away with new found curiosity - and maybe some good recommendations about new nerdy rabbit holes to dive into head first. Following the interview there is a moderated town-hall style Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience on Zoom. Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp
