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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 a producer for Al Jazeera English documentary series Fault Lines. She co-authored Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians with Chris Hedges.[1]

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 with her column on Homeland which described it as "TV's most Islamophobic show".[2] She has produced several documentaries, including The Abortion War and 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]

Works

References

  1. ^ "Frank Schaeffer: Al Jazeera and the Abortion Wars". huffingtonpost.com. 2012-08-28. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  2. ^ "Is 'Homeland' Islamophobic? The Debate About Showtime's Critically Acclaimed Series (VIDEO)". huffingtonpost.com. 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  3. ^ "Al Jazeera America Wins Two 2013 Peabody Awards | Al Jazeera America". america.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  4. ^ "The Peabody Awards - Fault Lines: Made in Bangladesh (Al Jazeera America)". peabodyawards.com. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  5. ^ "Collect it All: America's Surveillance State | NewAmerica.org". newamerica.net. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  6. ^ "Former Tampa resident Laila Al-Arian takes home a Peabody Award | Political Animal | Creative Loafing Tampa". cltampa.com. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
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