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EPISODE · Apr 1, 2025 · 47 MIN

Making Room for Stories That Matter: Ethar El-Katatney on Leading with Purpose and Empathy

from Arrivals: Stories of Resilience and Reinvention · host Arrivals Media

Ethar El-Katatney is a journalist, strategist, and now Editor-in-Chief of Documented, a newsroom serving immigrant communities in New York. Born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Cairo, she spent the first part of her career reporting through the Arab Spring and working across global newsrooms like Al Jazeera, AJ+, The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg.In this episode, we discuss what it takes to start over—navigating U.S. immigration, the grind of journalism, and the cultural shift of leaving a deeply communal society for a country built on individualism. Ethar shares the highs and lows of building a life far from home, the emotional toll of long immigration processes, and how she’s found purpose in journalism that directly serves the communities she came from.You can connect with Ethar here:https://digitalwomenleaders.com/mentors/ethar-el-katatney/https://www.linkedin.com/in/etharkamal/Documented: https://documentedny.com/about-us/#contactus

Ethar El-Katatney is a journalist, strategist, and now Editor-in-Chief of Documented, a newsroom serving immigrant communities in New York. Born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Cairo, she spent the first part of her career reporting through the Arab Spring and working across global newsrooms like Al Jazeera, AJ+, The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg.In this episode, we discuss what it takes to start over—navigating U.S. immigration, the grind of journalism, and the cultural shift of leaving a deeply communal society for a country built on individualism. Ethar shares the highs and lows of building a life far from home, the emotional toll of long immigration processes, and how she’s found purpose in journalism that directly serves the communities she came from.You can connect with Ethar here:https://digitalwomenleaders.com/mentors/ethar-el-katatney/https://www.linkedin.com/in/etharkamal/Documented: https://documentedny.com/about-us/#contactus

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