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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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Jordanians inspect the sealed Muslim Brotherhood office in Amman in 2016. Jordan has now banned all activities of the group and closed its offices in the kingdom. AFP

TrendingJordan bans Muslim Brotherhood and earthquake shakes Istanbul

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastApril 24, 2025

Bank customers hold placards reading 'The new president's priority must be depositors' savings' (L) during a demonstration organised by Depositors' Outcry, a protest group campaigning for depositors' rights, outside the government palace in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, 21 March 2025. EPA / WAEL HAMZEH

TrendingLebanon seeks damages and Israel kills Islamic Group leader

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastApril 23, 2025

An image of Pope Francis is placed in the Chapel of Saint Lucia in Barcelona's cathedral. The Pope died on April 21, aged 88, a day after making an appearance at Saint Peter's Square on Easter Sunday, the Vatican said. AFP

TrendingPope Francis dies and US strikes on Yemen intensify

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastApril 22, 2025

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, second left, and members of the Iranian delegation on April 12 after their meeting in Muscat with the US brokered by Oman. AFP

TrendingIran-US talks hailed for progress, and opposition to Syria's Al Shara in Iraq

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastApril 21, 2025

A still from a video released by the Jordanian Ministry of Government Communication relating to a drone and missile plot against kingdom. Photo: Ministry of Government Communication - Jordan

TrendingJordan foils 'plot' against kingdom and Israeli medics refuse to serve

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

Trending Middle EastApril 16, 2025

Lebanon's president Joseph Aoun. Reuters

TrendingLebanon under US pressure and EU boosts aid to Palestine

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastApril 15, 2025

A copy of Iranian daily newspaper Hamshahri reporting on a 'message of power from Muscat', where US-Iran talks are taking place. EPA

TrendingIran and US plan further talks, and Al Shara visits UAE

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastApril 14, 2025

Court president Yuji Iwasawa arrives at the start of a hearing at the ICJ regarding the complaint filed by Sudan. AFP

TrendingUAE accuses Sudan of false claims and markets react to Trump tariff pause

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastApril 11, 2025

A handout picture released by the Iraqi parliament shows Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at the parliament during a confidence vote on his new government, on October 27, 2022. Iraqi lawmakers approved the new government after a year-long crisis triggered by contested elections, the office of the prime minister said. - === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / IRAQI PARLIAMENT MEDIA OFFICE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS === (Photo by various sources / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / IRAQI PARLIAMENT MEDIA OFFICE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===

TrendingIraq sets election date and US-Russia embassy talks take place

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastApril 10, 2025

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on during his meeting with his Malaysian counterpart in Tehran. EPA

TrendingIran and the US to engage in nuclear talks

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastApril 09, 2025

Traders work at the opening bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, New York, USA, 07 April 2025. World financial markets are continuing to react to reciprocal tariffs that US President Donald Trump announced in the previous week. EPA / JUSTIN LANE

TrendingDecline in global markets continues and France condemns Gaza displacement

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastApril 08, 2025

Shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles in California. US President Donald Trump blasted China for retaliating against his sweeping tariff plan and pledged his economic policies will never change, as the prospect of a trade war wreaked more havoc on the global economy. Bloomberg

TrendingMiddle East markets slump and conflict continues in Sudan

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastApril 07, 2025

Israeli soldiers conducting operations in Tel Sultan in the Rafah governorate of Gaza. Israeli Army via Reuters

TrendingIsrael's new Gaza corridor and Hungary's ICC exit

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastApril 04, 2025

An Israeli tank takes position on the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo / Ariel Schalit)

TrendingIsrael expands Gaza offensive, and Iran's nuclear capacity

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastApril 03, 2025

A man walks past damaged vehicles at the scene of an Israeli strike on a building in Beirut's southern suburbs on April 1, 2025. An Israeli strike on south Beirut killed at least three people on April 1, Lebanon said after Israel announced its second such strike in a fragile four-month ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. The attack came without warning at around 3:30 am (0030 GMT) during the Eid al-Fitr Muslim holiday marking the end of the Ramadan fasting period. (Photo by Ibrahim AMRO / AFP)

TrendingIsrael bombs Beirut, and Trump to visit Gulf countries

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Trending Middle EastApril 02, 2025

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