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Deputy Bureau Chief, Wall Street Journal
Deputy Bureau Chief, Wall Street Journal
Farnaz Fassihi is the deputy bureau chief of Middle East and Africa for The Wall Street Journal and the author of Waiting for An Ordinary Day, a memoir of her four years covering the Iraq war and witnessing the unraveling of life for Iraqi citizens. In May 2006, Fassihi was awarded the prestigious Henry Pringle Lecture Award for her Iraq coverage by Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Her coverage of the EgyptAir flight 990 crash won the New England News Executive Award as well as a finalist nomination for the Livingston Award.
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A high-speed car chase with Farnaz Fassihi
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Farnaz Fassihi says Pearl’s death marked a turning point in security policy for the WSJ.
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Farnaz Fassihi takes us from fixer to translator to journalist.
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It’s democracy but a sectarian democracy Farnaz Fassihi says.
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Farnaz Fassihi on following the quotidian.
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Farnaz Fassihi describes a few of the challenges facing reporters on the ground.
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Farnas Fassihi chose people who represented post-war Iraq.