Zahra Hankir Explained

Zahra Hankir
Nationality:Lebanese
Occupation:Journalist and editor

Zahra Hankir (Arabic زهرة حنكير) is a Lebanese-British journalist and editor.[1]

Education

Hankir studied politics at the American University of Beirut and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Manchester.[2] She won a Scripps Howard Fellowship to attend the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[3]

Career

Hankir worked for Bloomberg News in Dubai during the Arab Spring, covering the economy and markets.[4] She writes about culture in the Middle East and her journalism has been featured in news publications such as BBC News, VICE News, Al Jazeera English, Literary Hub, Roads & Kingdoms,[5] gal-dem,[6] and elsewhere.

In March 2020 she appeared in a panel discussion at Adelaide Writers' Week, along with Omani novelist Johka Alharthi and Iranian-American journalist Azadeh Moaveni.[7]

Works

Her first book, Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World,[8] featuring a foreword by Christiane Amanpour, was published by Penguin Books on 6 August 2019 in the US.[9] It was described by Dwight Garner of the New York Times as "A stirring, provocative and well-made new anthology . . . that rewrites the hoary rules of the foreign correspondent playbook, deactivating the old clichés"[10] and by NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson as a book that will appeal to "readers of all genders and backgrounds who want to broaden their understanding of the Arab world".[11]  

In an interview with VICE News, Hankir said without the reporting of the Arab world's women journalists: "the story of the region and its many nuances would be incomplete".[12]

Her second book will be on the history of eyeliner. It was published in 2023 by Penguin.[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Our Women on the Ground With Zahra Hankir. Stratfor. en. 2019-11-05.
  2. Web site: Zahra Hankir . PenguinRandomhouse.com. en-US. 2019-11-05.
  3. Web site: Zahra Hankir. 2019-11-05.
  4. Web site: How Arab Women Journalists See Life in the Middle East. Wally. Maxine. 2019-08-06. WWD. en. 2019-11-05.
  5. Web site: Our Women on the Ground: 9780143133414 . Books. PenguinRandomhouse.com. en-US. 2019-11-09.
  6. http://gal-dem.com/publishing-sharmaine-lovegrove-interview/ Sharmaine Lovegrove interview
  7. Web site: The Challenge of Change: Women's lives in the Middle East . Adelaide Festival (Writers' Week) . 5 March 2020.
  8. Book: Our women on the ground : essays by Arab women reporting from the Arab world. Hankir, Zahra . 9780143133414. New York, New York. 1065947977. 2019 . Penguin Random House.
  9. Web site: Our Women on the Ground: 9780143133414 . Books. PenguinRandomhouse.com. en-US. 2019-11-05.
  10. News: Women Rewriting the Rules of Reporting in the Arab World. Garner. Dwight. 2019-07-29. The New York Times. 2019-11-05. en-US. 0362-4331.
  11. Web site: 'Our Women On The Ground' Unites Stories From Female Journalists In The Arab World. NPR.org. en. 2019-11-05.
  12. Web site: When the Conflict Zone You're Reporting on Is Home. Ettachfini. Leila. 2019-08-08. Vice. en. 2019-11-05.
  13. News: Marnell . Cat . 2023-11-10 . The Window Treatments to the Soul . 2024-08-30 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  14. Web site: 2024-02-23 . More Than Meets the Eye: Looking Twice at the History of Eyeliner — With Zahra Hankir . 2024-08-30 . New Lines Magazine . en.
  15. Web site: McClurg . Lesley . 2023-11-20 . Zahra Hankir Traces Eyeliner’s History, Politics and Culture KQED . 2024-08-30 . www.kqed.org . en.
  16. News: Hankir . Zahra . 2023-11-19 . ‘There are three of us in my relationship: my partner, my eyeliner and me’ . 2024-08-30 . The Observer . en-GB . 0029-7712.
  17. Web site: Hu . Elise . November 15, 2023 . 'Eyeliner' examines the cosmetic's history as a symbol of strength and protest . NPR.
  18. Web site: 2023-11-29 . Book Review: ‘Eyeliner' examines the staple makeup product's revolutionary role in global society . 2024-08-30 . AP News . en.

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