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Emily Benedek

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Covers:  General, Terrorism, Middle East
Author of six books. My articles have appeared in Newsweek, Rolling Stone, NYT, WaPo, Times of Israel, Mosaic, Tablet, and on NPR. 2026 Guggenheim Fellow

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Author and Journalist

Books
Non-fiction:

The Wind Won't Know Me: A History of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute (Knopf, 1992)

Beyond the Four Corners of the World: A Navajo Woman's Journey (Knopf, 1996)

Through the Unknown, Remembered Gate: A Spiritual Journey (Schocken, 2001)

Fiction:

Red Sea (St. Martin's Press, 2007)
Beggar's Opera (Goldmann Verlag 2014)

My articles have appeared in Rolling Stone, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Details, Glamour, The Dallas Morning News, CJ…

What was your first job as a journalist?

Newsweek Magazine

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

What does it mean to be a journalist?

To believe in facts and the universal need for good story telling.