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Akbar Shahid Ahmed

Akbar Shahid Ahmed is the diplomatic correspondent at The Star. For his Gaza coverage, he has received a Writers Guild Award and a New York Press Club Award and has twice been named a finalist for the Livingston Award. Based in Washington, D.C., Ahmed previously covered foreign policy at HuffPost for twelve years. He is a Yale graduate who grew up in Karachi, Pakistan.

Akbar Shahid Ahmed

Akbar Shahid Ahmed is the diplomatic correspondent at The Star. For his Gaza coverage, he has received a Writers Guild Award and a New York Press Club Award and has twice been named a finalist for the Livingston Award. Based in Washington, D.C., Ahmed previously covered foreign policy at HuffPost for twelve years. He is a Yale graduate who grew up in Karachi, Pakistan.

Books by Akbar Shahid Ahmed