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Yasmeen Altaji

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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Displaced residents return to Dahiyeh, in Beirut, Lebanon, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah that went into effect on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo / Bilal Hussein)
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire continues and Israel appeals ICC arrest warrants

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

Trending Middle EastNovember 28, 2024
Yasmeen Altaji
A child gestures while holding a Hezbollah flag from the window of a car, at the entrance of Beirut's southern suburbs, after a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah took effect at 0200 GMT on Wednesday after U. S. President Joe Biden said both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the United States and France, in Lebanon, November 27, 2024. REUTERS / Thaier Al-Sudani
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes effect and world leaders react

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

Trending Middle EastNovember 27, 2024
Yasmeen Altaji
Lebanese displaced attempt to return home in the southern Beirut suburbs August 14, 2006. Several thousand displaced Lebanese headed for their homes in the south on Monday when guns fell silent under a U.N.-brokered truce to end five weeks of fighting between Israel and Hizbollah. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir(LEBANON)
Israel and Hezbollah set for ceasefire and Lapid plots path to peace

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

Trending Middle EastNovember 26, 2024
Yasmeen Altaji
A view shows Rimon Market kosher store, which was managed by Zvi Kogan, an Israeli rabbi who was found murdered, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 24, 2024. REUTERS / Alexander Cornwell
Arrests made in Zvi Kogan case and Israeli strikes on Beirut suburbs

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

Trending Middle EastNovember 25, 2024
Yasmeen Altaji
Smoke rises from North Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, November 16, 2024. REUTERS / Amir Cohen
TrendingMorning strikes kill dozens in Gaza and US vetoes ceasefire resolution

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

Trending Middle EastNovember 21, 2024
Yasmeen Altaji
An Iranian cleric visits the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran, November 15, 2024. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia press Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Iran moves away from uranium expansion and Israel-Hezbollah talks progress

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

Trending Middle EastNovember 20, 2024
Yasmeen Altaji
FILE PHOTO: A truck carries humanitarian aid destined for the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, at the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel, November 11, 2024. REUTERS / Amir Cohen / File Photo
Gaza aid convoy looted and US Senate to vote on arms embargo

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

Trending Middle EastNovember 19, 2024
Yasmeen Altaji
TOPSHOT - Members of the Lebanese emergency services respond as a fire burns at the site of an Israeli strike targeting a building on Beirut’s Mar Elias Street on November 17, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Fadel ITANI / AFP)
Israeli air strikes target Beirut and Pope suggests probable genocide

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

Trending Middle EastNovember 18, 2024
Yasmeen Altaji
Israel's parliament has had a stormy opening after a long recess. On Thursday, it passed a law to deport first-degree relatives of Palestinian attackers to the Gaza Strip and elsewhere. EPA
Israel passes Palestinian deportation law and Putin congratulates Trump - Trending

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

Trending Middle EastNovember 08, 2024
Yasmeen Altaji
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 06: Republican presidential nominee, former U. S. President Donald Trump speaks during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Americans cast their ballots today in the presidential race between Republican nominee former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as multiple state elections that will determine the balance of power in Congress. Joe Raedle / Getty Images / AFP (Photo by JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Trump to select team in coming days and Israel strikes Beirut - Trending

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

Trending Middle EastNovember 07, 2024
Yasmeen Altaji
A projection regarding Pennsylvania's electoral votes is shown at Republican presidential nominee and former U. S. President Donald Trump's election night watch party in Palm Beach County Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U. S. , November 6, 2024. REUTERS / Brendan McDermid
Trump takes early lead over Harris and Arab Americans react - Trending

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

Trending Middle EastNovember 06, 2024
Yasmeen Altaji
A sign for an election ballot drop box is seen at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 04 November 2024. Maricopa County Elections, serving more than 2. 4 million registered voters, is responsible for candidate filings, in-person voting and vote centers, hiring thousands of elections workers for each election, as well as the tabulation of ballots. The US general election takes place on 05 November 2024. EPA / ALLISON DINNER
TrendingAmericans head to polls and Hamas rejects ceasefire

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of this week's trends

Trending Middle EastNovember 05, 2024
Yasmeen Altaji
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 03, 2024 shows former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) arrives to speak at a campaign rally at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 2024, and US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (R) speaks during a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on November 2, 2024. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS and CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
Trump and Harris hold final US election rallies and Israel notifies UN of UNRWA ban - Trending

Yasmeen Altaji gives a roundup of today's trends

Trending Middle EastNovember 04, 2024
Yasmeen Altaji
Arab Americans and the US election equation
PodcastArab Americans and the US election equation

The community is a key demographic in this cycle of contentious races in the US.

Year of ElectionsNovember 01, 2024
Yasmeen Altaji
A municipality worker uses a skid steer loader to reopen a bridge closed by the rubble of a destroyed building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. (AP Photo / Hussein Malla)
Israel strikes Beirut and Germany closes Iranian consulates - Trending

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

Trending Middle EastNovember 01, 2024
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