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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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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

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Trending Middle EastNovember 01, 2024
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David Satterfield, former Special Envoy for Middle East Humanitarian Issues, speaks to The National in Texas in October 2024. Joshua Longmore / The National
Former US official warns of Gaza 'disaster' and Harris heckled

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Trending Middle EastOctober 31, 2024
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Rescuers work at a site damaged in an Israeli strike on Taraya, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, Reuters
Bekaa survivors describe horrors, Israel comment on new Hezbollah chief

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Trending Middle EastOctober 30, 2024
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FILE - Israeli soldiers take position as they enter the UNRWA headquarter where the military discovered tunnels underneath of the U.N. agency that the military says Hamas militants used to attack its forces during a ground operation in Gaza, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
Israel bans UNRWA and strikes kill 60 in Lebanon

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Trending Middle EastOctober 29, 2024
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People gather in front of a destroyed apartment hit by an Israeli airstrike, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo / Mohammed Zaatari)
Israeli strike in Sidon kills eight and Egypt proposes ceasefire

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Trending Middle EastOctober 28, 2024
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Smoke rises from buildings as a result of Israeli airstrikes at Dahieh in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, late 24 October 2024. Israeli airstrikes hit Dahieh in the southern suburb of Beirut after the Israeli Army issued warnings to evacuate the buildings. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, more than 2,500 people have been killed and over 12,000 others have been injured in Lebanon since the start of recent escalations of hostilities. EPA / WAEL HAMZEH
Israeli strikes kill journalists and Hamas considers new ceasefire proposals - Trending

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Trending Middle EastOctober 25, 2024
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Emergency and security teams are deployed outside of Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. at the outskirts of Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Yavuz Ozden / Dia Photo via AP)
Seven killed in attack in Turkey and US expresses concern over targeting of Lebanon army

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Trending Middle EastOctober 24, 2024
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BEIRUT, LEBANON - JULY 04: Head of Hezbollah political bureau Hashem Safieddine addresses mourners during the funeral ceremony of Hezbollah Military Commander Mohamed Naim Nasser, also known as Hajj Abu Naim, who was killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on July 04, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon. Houssam Shbaro / AnadoluNo Use USA No use UK No use Canada No use France No use Japan No use Italy No use Australia No use Spain No use Belgium No use Korea No use South Africa No use Hong Kong No use New Zealand No use Turkey
Israel says Hezbollah leader killed and report says UN peacekeepers injured

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Trending Middle EastOctober 23, 2024
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Members of an emergency crew gather at a site near the Rafik Hariri University Hospital (RHUH), following Israeli airstrikes in the Jnah District of Beirut, Lebanon, 21 October 2024. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, more than 2,400 people have been killed and over 11,600 others have been injured in Lebanon since the start of recent escalations of hostilities. EPA / STR
Beirut government hospital attacked and US missile system active in Israel

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Trending Middle EastOctober 22, 2024
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Smoke rises as a result of an Israeli airstrike at Dahieh in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, late 20 October 2024. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, more than 2,400 people have been killed and over 11,400 others have been injured in Lebanon since the start of recent escalations of hostilities. EPA / WAEL HAMZEH
Trending - Israeli strikes near Beirut airport and Sheikh Mohamed meets Putin

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Trending Middle EastOctober 21, 2024
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Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza, chairs a meeting with leaders of Palestinian factions at his office in Gaza City, on April 13, 2022. AP Photo
Yahya Sinwar killed and the UAE drops aid into Gaza - Trending

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Trending Middle EastOctober 18, 2024
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(From L) Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell and Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi address a press conference during the EU - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Brussels on October 16, 2024. Avoiding a "general conflagration" in the Middle East will be top of the agenda when European Union and leaders of countries from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which brings together Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, meet in Brussels on October 16, 2024. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
EU, GCC leaders call for ceasefires and UK launches ME aid project - Trending

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Trending Middle EastOctober 17, 2024
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Inside the Kurdistan Region of Iraq's election: Delays, minority quotas and economic strain
PodcastInside the Kurdistan Region of Iraq's election

Long-delayed poll is around the corner in region blighted by ethnic tension

Year of ElectionsOctober 17, 2024
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meets with former Israeli army chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot (R) and former Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz (2nd-R), both members of the current Israeli five-person war cabinet led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv on February 8, 2024. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP)
US in threat to slow arms to Israel and UAE's second Lebanon aid drive

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Trending Middle EastOctober 16, 2024
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Security at the entrance to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) offices in Jerusalem. EPA
Israel threatens UNRWA compound and attacks kill 21 in Lebanon - Trending

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Trending Middle EastOctober 15, 2024
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