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Yasmeen Altaji

Assistant Podcast Producer

Abu Dhabi

Yasmeen Altaji is an Assistant Podcast Producer at The National’s Abu Dhabi headquarters. Her multimedia reportage — from live coverage of the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University to US special elections — focuses on international politics, art and culture, and has appeared in international print, TV and radio outlets including the BBC, the CBC, PRI's The World and Al Jazeera English. She holds an MA in Political Journalism from Columbia University and a BS in Journalism and BMus. in Voice and Opera from Northwestern University.

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KISSUFIM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 11: A woman works near a sign with a photo of hostage Shlomo Mansour, after the Israeli army has confirmed that Mansour was killed on Oct 7 deadly attack, and his body was taken to the Gaza Strip at the entrance to his kibbutz on February 11, 2025 in Kissufim, Israel. On Monday, a Hamas spokesperson accused Israel of violating the terms of the current ceasefire agreement and said it will delay further release of Israeli hostages, until its concerns are resolved. In response, the Israeli PM said the country will take "determined and relentless action until we return all of our hostages." (Photo by Amir Levy / Getty Images)

TrendingHamas says ceasefire breached and King Abdullah visits Trump

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastFebruary 12, 2025

Palestinians heading north in Gaza after Israeli forces withdrew from the Netzarim corridor. EPA

TrendingIsrael’s withdrawal from Netzarim Corridor

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastFebruary 11, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers remarks during a press conference with the Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, following a meeting in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 07 February 2025. Prime Minister Netanyahu said it is worth listening carefully to US President Donald Trump's proposal to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. EPA / SHAWN THEW

TrendingSaudi Arabia condemns Netanyahu’s comments

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastFebruary 10, 2025

Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz says 40,000 Palestinians have evacuated from the refugee camps of Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams, which are now empty of residents. EPA

TrendingMiddle East's USAID vacuum and Iran counters Trump's 'maximum pressure'

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastFebruary 07, 2025

A man rides a donkey-pulled cart past the rubble of destroyed buildings at Saftawi street in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on February 5, 2025 during a ceasefire deal in the war between Israel and Hamas. Palestinian militant group Hamas lashed out on February 5, at President Donald Trump's shock proposal for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip and resettle its people in other countries, seemingly whether they want to leave or not. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

TrendingTrump’s Gaza ‘takeover’ and scarce aid to northern Gaza

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastFebruary 06, 2025

A Palestinian man views the rubble of buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters

TrendingCeasefire talks and how Israel’s Iron Dome failed on October 7

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastFebruary 05, 2025

FILE - President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, May 23, 2017. (AP Photo / Sebastian Scheiner, File)

TrendingNetanyahu visits US and Bill Gates talks tech and politics

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastFebruary 04, 2025

A handout photo made available by the Saudi Royal Palace shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) welcoming Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 02 February 2025. Al-Sharaa and his accompanying delegation arrived in Riyadh for his first foreign trip abroad. EPA / BANDAR ALJALOUD / SAUDI ROYAL PALACE HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALESHANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES

TrendingAl Shara in Saudi Arabia and Netanyahu in the US

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today's trends

Trending Middle EastFebruary 03, 2025

US President Donald Trump during an executive order signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Trump signed an executive action he said directed federal agencies to undo diversity, equity and inclusion practices at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration that he has blamed as responsible for a deadly midair collision between a passenger jet and military helicopter at an airport near Washington. Photographer: Bonnie Cash / UPI / Bloomberg

Trump repeats call to move Gazans to Egypt and Jordan and doctors warn children are in urgent need - Trending

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastJanuary 31, 2025

FILE - Syria's de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, walks in the presidential palace ahead of his meeting with Walid Ellafi, Libyan minister of state for communication and political affairs, in Damascus, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo / Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)

Ahmed Al Shara declared Syrian President and Gaza hostage release set for Thursday - Trending

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastJanuary 30, 2025

RAFAH, EGYPT - JANUARY 28: Ambulance workers pose as trucks loaded with aid enter through the Rafah Border Crossing on January 28, 2025 in Rafah, Egypt. As the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds, more aid has been able to enter the territory from Egypt, while some wounded Palestinians have been able to enter Egypt for treatment. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah / Getty Images)

TrendingEgypt to receive Gaza wounded and Israel strikes Lebanon

Yasmeen Altaji rounds up today’s trends

Trending Middle EastJanuary 29, 2025

A Palestinian flag flies amidst thousands of displaced Palestinians walking towards their homes in northern Gaza via the Netzarim Corridor during the ceasefire in central Gaza, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. Thousands of Palestinians are traveling back to the devastated neighborhoods of northern Gaza after being displaced during the Israel-Hamas war, as a fragile 42-day ceasefire moves into a second week. Photographer: Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg

TrendingGazans return to north and Smotrich withdraws resignation threat - Trending

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastJanuary 28, 2025

NORTHERN ISRAEL, ISRAEL - JANUARY 26: An Israeli soldier takes a photo of a village in Southern Lebanon as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on January 26, 2025 in Northern Israel, Israel. Israel has said its forces will remain in southern Lebanon after the 60-day withdrawal deadline stipulated in the ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, alleging that other conditions of the ceasefire have not been implemented. (Photo by Amir Levy / Getty Images)

TrendingIsrael-Hezbollah ceasefire extended, Egypt and Jordan reject ‘emptying’ of Gaza

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastJanuary 27, 2025

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, meets with Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, not in picture, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo / Bilal Hussein)

TrendingGaza truce ‘not lasting solution’ and Etihad Rail to link Abu Dhabi and Dubai

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends

Trending Middle EastJanuary 24, 2025

Israeli army vehicles along a road on the second day of an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, 22 January 2025. The Israeli military launched a 'counterterrorism operation' in Jenin on 21 January 2025, resulting in at least 10 Palestinian deaths and more than 50 injuries, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. EPA / ALAA BADARNEH

TrendingJenin camp ‘uninhabitable’ and US redesignates Houthis as terrorist organisation

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today's trends

Trending Middle EastJanuary 23, 2025

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