Azad Essa
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Middle East Eye,
The Guardian,
The Washington Post,
Al Jazeera English,
Substack,
Flipboard,
City Press,
Foreign Policy Magazine,
News24,
Al Jazeera Arabic,
ReliefWeb
and
Covers:
Islamophobia; US foreign policy; Hindu nationalism; India-Israel relations;
Journalist @MiddleEastEye; Author of Hostile Homelands: The New Alliance Between India & Israel (Pluto Books); X account blocked by Government of India.
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Azad Essa’s Biography
Read Full Bio →I am a South African journalist based between Johannesburg and New York. I have reported for Al Jazeera English from across the African continent, as well as South Asia, covering politics, development and poverty. I am the author of Zuma’s Bastard (Two Dogs Books) and The Moslems are Coming (Harper Collins India) and an e-single No country for the poor (Harper Collins India).
I have also written for The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Guardian, Middle East Eye, among others.
Azad Essa’s Journalist Portfolio
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Interview
See all 7 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
Freelance writing for City Press, MWP, The Africa Report
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
I loved Tintin as a kid until I realised he was fake news.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Awards
UN Correspondents Association Award
2017 - The UNCA International Prize
The UNCA International Prizefor print and broadcast media for coverage of humanitarian and development activities of the United Nations