Zahra Hankir

Zahra Hankir
2019 portrait by Maria Wilson
NationalityLebanese
Occupation(s)Journalist and editor

Zahra Hankir (Arabic زهرة حنكير) is a Lebanese-British journalist and editor.[1]

Education

Hankir studied politics at the American University of Beirut and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Manchester.[2] She won a Scripps Howard Fellowship to attend the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[3]

Career

Hankir worked for Bloomberg News in Dubai during the Arab Spring, covering the economy and markets.[4] She writes about culture in the Middle East and her journalism has been featured in news publications such as BBC News, VICE News, Al Jazeera English, Literary Hub, Roads & Kingdoms,[5] gal-dem,[6] and elsewhere.

In March 2020 she appeared in a panel discussion at Adelaide Writers' Week, along with Omani novelist Johka Alharthi and Iranian-American journalist Azadeh Moaveni.[7]

Works

Her first book, Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World,[8] featuring a foreword by Christiane Amanpour, was published by Penguin Books on 6 August 2019 in the US.[9] It was described by Dwight Garner of the New York Times as "A stirring, provocative and well-made new anthology . . . that rewrites the hoary rules of the foreign correspondent playbook, deactivating the old clichés"[10] and by NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson as a book that will appeal to "readers of all genders and backgrounds who want to broaden their understanding of the Arab world".[11]  

In an interview with VICE News, Hankir said without the reporting of the Arab world's women journalists: "the story of the region and its many nuances would be incomplete".[12]

Her second book will be on the history of eyeliner. It was published in 2023 by Penguin.[13][14][15][16][17][18]

Bibliography

  • Hankir, Zahra (6 August 2019). Our Women on the Ground. New York, New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-313341-4.
  • Hankir, Zahra (14 November 2023). Eyeliner. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-313709-2.

References

  1. ^ "Our Women on the Ground With Zahra Hankir". Stratfor. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Zahra Hankir". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Zahra Hankir". Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  4. ^ Wally, Maxine (6 August 2019). "How Arab Women Journalists See Life in the Middle East". WWD. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Our Women on the Ground: 9780143133414". Books. PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  6. ^ Sharmaine Lovegrove interview
  7. ^ "The Challenge of Change: Women's lives in the Middle East". Adelaide Festival (Writers' Week). Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  8. ^ Hankir, Zahra, ed. (2019). Our women on the ground : essays by Arab women reporting from the Arab world. New York, New York: Penguin Random House. ISBN 9780143133414. OCLC 1065947977.
  9. ^ "Our Women on the Ground: 9780143133414". Books. PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  10. ^ Garner, Dwight (29 July 2019). "Women Rewriting the Rules of Reporting in the Arab World". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  11. ^ "'Our Women On The Ground' Unites Stories From Female Journalists In The Arab World". NPR.org. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  12. ^ Ettachfini, Leila (8 August 2019). "When the Conflict Zone You're Reporting on Is Home". Vice. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  13. ^ Marnell, Cat (10 November 2023). "The Window Treatments to the Soul". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  14. ^ "More Than Meets the Eye: Looking Twice at the History of Eyeliner — With Zahra Hankir". New Lines Magazine. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  15. ^ McClurg, Lesley (20 November 2023). "Zahra Hankir Traces Eyeliner's History, Politics and Culture | KQED". www.kqed.org. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  16. ^ Hankir, Zahra (19 November 2023). "'There are three of us in my relationship: my partner, my eyeliner and me'". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  17. ^ Hu, Elise (15 November 2023). "'Eyeliner' examines the cosmetic's history as a symbol of strength and protest". NPR.
  18. ^ "Book Review: 'Eyeliner' examines the staple makeup product's revolutionary role in global society". AP News. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2024.