Souad Mekhennet

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Souad Mekhennet (born 1978) is a German journalist of Turkish–Moroccan descent[1] who works for The New York Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and German television ZDF. Before working for The Times, she was a reporter for The Washington Post. Since 9/11 she covered conflicts and terrorist attacks in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Works

She was one of two Times reporters who published the first story on Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen, who was detained, flown to Afghanistan, interrogated and allegedly tortured by the CIA for several months.[2] She also worked on the series Inside the Jihad.[3] She and her colleague Michael Moss managed to speak to different jihadist leaders -including the leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The series provides a unique look into Jihadist strategies and motivations.

Ms. Mekhennet is the co-author of the books „Die Kinder des Dschihad: Die neue Generation des islamistischen Terrors“ and „Islam“ that were published in Germany.

Education

She attended the Henri Nannen School for Journalism in Hamburg and the Johann-Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt.

References

  1. ↑ Asharq Al-Awsat. "Asharq Al-Awsat talks to the New York Times' Souad Mekhennet". Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
  2. ↑ Van Natta Jr, Don; Mekhennet, Souad (2005-01-09). "German's Claim of Kidnapping Brings Investigation of U.S. Link". The New York Times. 
  3. ↑ Mekhennet, Souad; Moss, Michael; Schmitt, Eric; Sciolino, Elaine; Williams, Margot. The New York Times http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/series/insidethejihad/index.html |url= missing title (help). 


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