Rania Khalek

Rania Khalek
Occupation Journalist, writer, political commentator
Known for Israel-Palestine conflict, war in Syria, US politics
Website raniakhalek.com

Rania Khalek is an American journalist, writer, and political commentator. She is known for her reporting on the Israel-Palestine conflict, and has also done work on the Syrian Civil War, United States foreign policy in the Middle East, US presidential elections, and the US criminal justice system.

Khalek has written for a variety of publications, including The Nation, The Intercept, Al Jazeera, Salon, Vice, Mondoweiss, and Truthout. She has also been interviewed on numerous television and internet video programs, including Chris Hedges' in RT's On Contact,[1] The Real News, Shadowproof, and RT America.

Khalek previously served as an associate editor for the pro-Palestinian news website The Electronic Intifada,[2] an associate writer for AlterNet,[3] and a regular contributor to the media watchdog Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting.[4] She also runs the personal blog Dispatches from the Underclass, where she describes herself as "an independent journalist reporting on the underclass."[5]

Although Khalek is primarily a print journalist, she has also done video reporting for the Baltimore-based outlet The Real News.[6][7] Khalek has additionally appeared as a frequent commentator for The Real News broadcasts.[8] On Twitter, Khalek has over 100,000 followers.[9]

With fellow journalist Kevin Gosztola, Khalek is a co-host of the political podcast Unauthorized Disclosure.[10][11]

Khalek lives in Virginia[12] and has reported in the Washington, D.C. metro area for years. She is of Lebanese descent,[13] and has criticized the lack of Arab and Muslim voices in the American media.[14] In a 2015 interview, she said that she majored in exercise science, was working in cardiac rehabilitation and preparing to go to nursing school in 2008 when she became a journalist.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Israel's secret weapons with Rania Khalek". RT. December 18, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Rania Khalek". The Intercept. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  3. ↑ Khalek, Rania (October 6, 2011). "'We Can't Afford Not to Be Here': Occupy DC Takes Off". AlterNet. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Rania Khalek". Fairness in Accuracy and Reporting. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  5. ↑ Khalek, Rania. "Dispatches from the Underclass". Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Kshama Sawant Tells Rania Khalek Voting For the Lesser Evil Is What Brought Us Trump". The Real News. July 31, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Sanders Delegates Stage Walkout in Protest of Clinton Nomination". The Real News. July 27, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  8. ↑ "The Real News". Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  10. ↑ "Unauthorized Disclosure". Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Unauthorized Disclosure". Shadowproof. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Rania Khalek". LinkedIn. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  13. ↑ Hand, Mark (February 9, 2015). "What Israel Does to Palestinians Doesn't Stay in Palestine". CounterPunch. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  14. ↑ Gosztola, Kevin (December 22, 2013). "'#NotYourNarrative': Journalist Rania Khalek on Lack of Arab or Muslim Voices in US Media". Shadowproof. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  15. ↑ Hand, Mark (February 9, 2015). "What Israel Does to Palestinians Doesn't Stay in Palestine". CounterPunch. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
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