Kim Ghattas

Kim Ghattas
Ghattas interviewing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in 2014
Born	1977 (age 47–48) Beirut, Lebanon
Education	American University of Beirut
Occupations	Author journalist
Website	kimghattas.com

Kim Ghattas (English: /ˈxætæs/;[1] born 1977) is a Lebanese journalist based in Beirut who writes for The Atlantic.[2] Previously, she covered the US State Department for the BBC.[3] She is a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the author of Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East, which The New York Times recognized as one of the "100 Notable Books of 2020."[4][5]

Life

Ghattas was raised Christian in Lebanon during the 1975–1990 civil war.[6] She attended the American University of Beirut, studying political science. At the same time, she worked as an intern at an English-language newspaper in Beirut. She then worked for the Financial Times and the BBC from Beirut. After reporting from the Middle East, in early 2008, she moved to Washington, D.C., to take up a post covering the US State Department.[7][8]

In 2013, Ghattas wrote a book titled The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power about her travels with Hillary Clinton during Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State.[9][10] She later covered Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign for the BBC.[11]

Ghattas's second book, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East, is a post-1979 history of the Middle East.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]^[excessive citations]

Works

• The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power, Henry Holt and Company 2013. ISBN 9780805095111
• Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East, Henry Holt in 2020. ISBN 9781250131201

References

1. "Kim Ghattas, author of The Secretary, Shares Her Book Picks – YouTube". www.youtube.com. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
2. "Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Israel/Gaza Edition". WNYC. 6 November 2023.
3. "A Reporter Looks at Hillary Clinton's Public Diplomacy". Huffington Post. April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
4. "An alternative Middle East". www.newstatesman.com. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
5. "100 Notable Books of 2020". The New York Times. 20 November 2020.
6. Gross, Terry (30 January 2020). "'Black Wave' Author Chronicles Cultural, Religious Upheaval in the Middle East". National Public Radio. And also, there was a Christian-Muslim divide in the civil war, and your family is Christian.
7. "Review: "The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power', by Kim Ghattas". Star Tribune. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
8. "Kim Ghattas discusses Hillary Clinton and 'The Secretary'". Chicago Tribune. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
9. Weisman, Steven R. (8 March 2013). "'The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power' by Kim Ghattas". The Washington Post. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
10. Rauhala, Emily. "Hillary Clinton's long — and complicated — relationship with China". Washington Post. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
11. Kim, Ghattas (27 February 2016). "US election 2016: On the campaign bus with Hillary Clinton". BBC News. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
12. BLACK WAVE by Kim Ghattas | Kirkus Reviews.
13. "Book Marks reviews of Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East by Kim Ghattas". Book Marks. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
14. Black, Ian (19 January 2020). "Black Wave by Kim Ghattas review – insightful history of Middle Eastern conflict". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
15. "'Black Wave' Author Chronicles Cultural, Religious Upheaval In The Middle East". NPR.org. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
16. "'Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East,' by Kim Ghattas: An Excerpt". The New York Times. 28 January 2020. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
17. Joffe, Josef (27 January 2020). "'Black Wave' Review: Islam Against Itself". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
18. Matthiesen, Toby (31 January 2020). "Black Wave — how Saudi-Iran rivalry has unravelled the Middle East". www.ft.com. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• The ghosts of 1979, "Amanpour" CNN. 3 February 2020
• Distorting the Iranian-Saudi Conflict by As`ad AbuKhalil