CURRENT WORK
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PREVIOUS WORK
The New Republic:
Inside Syria's Fracturing Rebellion
A feature portrait of the men carving out their own burgeoning mini-states in the de facto safe zones of idyllic, strategic Jebel Zawiya. Their rise was a motif being repeated across the country: as the authority of Assad’s regime receded, power was passing not to one unified opposition, but into the hands of many local rebel leaders.
Al-Monitor:
In Jordan's Tafilah, Calls Escalate for King's Downfall
Inside the capital of lesse majeste, where Hashemite-bashing has become such a pastime that toddlers have memorized Abdullah and Rania jokes, even as calls for the “fall of the regime” leave ample room for interpretation.
Foreign Affairs:
Syria's Alawite Refuge: A Letter from Tartus
Members of Syria’s Alawi minority say friends and family members are purchasing homes on the coast, a traditional refuge for the sect, in anticipation of a shift in fortunes in the country’s civil war. But is a de facto partition of the multi-ethnic state viable?
Foreign Policy:
Eating Cinnabon in Damascus
From fried chicken to French cuffs, dozens of foreign chains set up shop in Syria as it opened to global markets. But amid spiraling violence, they are finding it increasingly difficult to do business in a country so isolated from the rest of the world. (Marketplace interview on the story.)
Daily Beast:
Syrian civil war spreads to Damascus
The dentist in central Damascus is multitasking, toggling his attention between a soccer match on television and a Facebook chat about the first time he killed a man.
Portrait of a Syrian rebel
Over the course of only two months, 26-year-old Zakaria Moutlak and his friends transformed from protest leaders in jeans and gelled hair to Kalashnikov-toting rebels comforting themselves with the discourse of martyrdom.
Tribe by tribe, unrest reaches Aleppo
On Dec. 21, 2011, a group of nine leaders from the Turkman tribe gathered in the tiny Syrian village of Turkman Barih outside Aleppo, near the Turkish border. They had a fateful decision to make.
Los Angeles Times:
Syrian opposition march comes under fire near president's palace
Syria capital hit by massive bombings
Syria President Bashar Assad pledges iron fist against opponents
In Syria, reported killings in Homs spread fear of sectarian war
Activists say scores killed in assault on Syrian valley
Syrian activists declare 'humanitarian disaster area'
Syrian violence continues Friday despite peace pact
Human Rights Watch:
Syria: Crimes Against Humanity in Homs
Syria: Shootings, Arrests Follow Hama Protest
Syria: Crimes Against Humanity in Daraa
Syria: Targeted Arrests of Activists Across Country
Newsweek:
Syria: The Republic of Fear
Recent protests in Syria have brought brutal government crackdown--and renewed paranoia among dissidents.
San Joaquin: The Valley of Shadows
A Newsweek.com project on the environmental and economic struggles of California's central valley, an vast exercise in American hubris. I reported it, wrote it, recorded the audio, and conceived the interactives. It snagged a nomination for an ASME Digital Ellie (National Magazine Award) and a win for an SPJ Deadline Club Award in multimedia.
Silent Warrior
She's faced down the mob and genocidal dictators. So why is Carla Del Ponte barred from discussing her own book?