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Laila Al-Arian

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Laila Al-Arian
Laila Al-Arian at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards
EducationColumbia University (MS)
Georgetown University (BA)
Occupation(s)Broadcast journalist, author

Laila Al-Arian is an American broadcast journalist for the Al Jazeera Media Network. She is the executive producer for the Al Jazeera English documentary series Fault Lines. She co-authored Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians with Chris Hedges.[1] She is married to American scholar of Islamic studies, Jonathan A. C. Brown.

She produced the Al Jazeera English special on the Palestine Papers in January 2011, a four-day program on the largest diplomatic leak in the history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. She raised national attention for an article in which she described Homeland as "TV's most Islamophobic show".[2] She has produced several documentaries, including the Peabody-winning investigative report Made in Bangladesh.[3][4] In 2013, she spoke at New America Foundation to discuss the history and impact of surveillance on targeted communities.[5]

Since graduating from the Columbia School of Journalism in 2006, Laila Al-Arian's work has appeared in The Nation, The Independent, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Salon, and several other publications.[6] She is the daughter of Sami Al-Arian. On October 1, 2018, Laila won an Emmy for her film, The Ban: The human cost of Trump's travel ban.

Works

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  • Al-Arian, Laila (14 June 2012). "When your father is accused of terrorism". The Nation.
  • Al-Arian, Laila (29 August 2012). "Exploring the roots of 'the abortion war'". HuffPost.
  • Hedges, Chris; Al-Arian, Laila (10 July 2007). "The other war: Iraq vets bear witness". The Nation.[7]
  • Al-Arian, Laila (15 December 2012). "TV's most Islamophobic show". Salon. Retrieved 3 November 2024.

References

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  1. ^ Schaeffer, Frank (28 August 2012). "Al Jazeera and the Abortion Wars". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Is 'Homeland' Islamophobic? The Debate About Showtime's Critically Acclaimed Series (VIDEO)". The Huffington Post. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  3. ^ Al Jazeera America (3 April 2014). "Al Jazeera America Wins Two 2013 Peabody Awards" (Press release). Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Fault Lines: Made in Bangladesh (Al Jazeera America)". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Collect it All: America's Surveillance State". New America Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  6. ^ Perry, Mitch (7 April 2014). "Former Tampa resident Laila Al-Arian takes home a Peabody Award". Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Tampa: SouthComm Communications. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  7. ^ Rieckhoff, Paul; Hedges, Chris; Al-Arian, Laila; Chrystal, William G.; Smith, David Livingstone; Mackall, Doug; Giandomenico, Paul; Clark, Tom; Alvarez, Angela; Reed, William (13 August 2007). "Our veterans have spoken... : Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and our readers exchange views on 'The hidden war: Iraq veterans bear witness' with authors Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian". The Nation.
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