Courage on the Ground with Journalist and Editor Zahra Hankir

In this timely bonus episode of season 3, we interview Zahra Hankir, a Lebanese-British journalist who writes about the intersection of politics, culture, and society in the Middle East and Muslim communities around the world. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Vice, BBC News, Al Jazeera English, Businessweek, Roads & Kingdoms, and Literary Hub, among other publications. She was awarded a Jack R. Howard Fellowship in International Journalism to attend the Columbia Journalism School and holds degrees in politics and Middle Eastern studies from the American University of Beirut and the University of Manchester, respectively. She is the editor of the best-selling anthology Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World, which was published by Penguin Books in August 2019. How is Beirut rebuilding after the recent devastating explosion? What unique challenges are female journalists experiencing in the Arab World? How are they able to bravely tell local stories that need to be heard? What myths about life in the Middle East need debunking? Can the media be trusted? These questions and more will be explored in this latest powerful and eye-opening episode.  The Iridescent Podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify, and Google Play. More about our guest Zahra Hankir: For more info, visit https://www.zahrahankir.com/ Follow Zahra on twitter @zahrahankir Follow Zahra on instagram @zahrahankir  Purchase your copy of Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World wherever books are sold.  Zahra is currently documenting first-person testimonies from survivors of the blast in Beirut. Read the 12 testimonies at https://medium.com/@ZahraHankir.