Natella Boltyanskaya
Journalist Natella Boltyanskaya has been working as an anchorwoman since 1991 at the Russian independent radio station Echo of Moscow. As a radio journalist, Boltyanskaya produced stories during the Russian financial crisis in 1998; the terrorist hostage-taking at a musical theater in Moscow; and the 2004 school siege in the city of Beslan. Photo by Geraldine Davila Gonzalez. Feb. 21, 2020. Library of Congress: https://bit.ly/3ecBZBj
Jeffrey Gettleman
New York Times correspondent Jeffrey Gettleman has covered war zones and famine situations in eastern Africa for many years, including South Sudan and the Westgate Mall massacre in which terrorists came into a crowded mall in Nairobi, Kenya, and killed dozens of people. Despite the difficult times, Gettleman loves his home in eastern Africa. He lives in Kenya with his wife and two sons. Courtesy of PBS NewsHour: https://to.pbs.org/3ce1ekS
Jamal Khashoggi
Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a US permanent resident and Saudi Arabia native who was critical of its royal regime, was murdered in 2018. Allegations that US ally Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was involved persist. Photo courtesy of April Brady/POMED via Creative Commons for educational purposes only.
Martha Raddatz
ABC reporter Martha Raddatz in Bahrain in 2014 interviewing Vice Adm. John W. Miller, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command. Raddatz covered the Iraq war, interviewed top military commanders, and was embedded with troops. Permission granted for educational purposes only, courtesy of Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Felicito Rustique via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/pr1Xi6
Deborah Amos
Deborah Amos has covered the Middle East for NPR for decades. Amos reported on the Gulf War in Iraq in 1991 and was embedded with civilians during the Iraq War. Her reporting took her to Syria to cover the 2 million Iraqis who had fled there as refugees. Amos also covered the 1982 invasion of Beirut and the 2006 Israeli invasion of Beirut. Permission granted for educational purposes only, courtesy of Deborah Amos with photo by Shannon Taggart.
Hannah Allam
Hannah Allam was just twenty-five years old when she became Middle East bureau chief for McClatchy newspapers in Baghdad during the Iraq War in 2003, heading a sixteen-member staff. Allam risked her life and conducted the first Western interview with a major insurgent leader. Permission granted for education purposes only, courtesy of University of Georgia: https://bit.ly/3cjozlf
