Unearthing the past: Iraq’s mass graves and the quest for justice
A European-backed UN body explored mass graves in Iraq between 2018 and 2024, supporting steps towards justice and reconciliation—and providing wider lessons for the region
Experts & Staff
Rania Abouzeid
Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise
Middle East, Lebanon, Syria
Languages
English, Arabic
Biography
Rania Abouzeid is a visiting fellow in the Middle East and North Africa programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Abouzeid is a Lebanese Australian independent journalist and author based in Beirut. She has spent more than two decades reporting from the Middle East and has written for the New Yorker, Time Magazine, Foreign Affairs, and a host of other outlets. She has won the Michael Kelly Award and George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting, among many other prizes for international journalism.
Abouzeid has held writing residencies at Yaddo and the Carey Institute in New York. She has received fellowships from New America, the Ochberg at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, and the Nieman fellowship at Harvard University.
Website: www.raniaabouzeid.com
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