Nora Naaman Boustany is a Lebanese-American journalist and educator known for her coverage of the Middle East and human rights issues.[1][2]
Boustany worked for United Press International in Lebanon for two years following her graduate school education.[3] She had trouble getting a job in journalism initially in the 1970s because, as she was told by editors, she didn't have any experience and "they didn’t hire women."[4] She created a role for herself being a local expert, assisting well-known American and British correspondents who were in Beirut on short-term assignments.[4]
Boustany began freelancing for the Washington Post starting in 1979.[1] She was hired on as staff in 1988 at a time when many foreign correspondents had left Beirut for fear of being kidnapped.[4] In this situation, being female helped her, as she explained "It was believed...that it was safer for women because Islamic groups did not want to come in contact with females in a situation of captivity. We had tremendous access."[4] At the Post, she covered Lebanon’s war, Desert Storm, and the upheavals and struggles in Gaza and Algeria from her location in Beirut.[5] She was a correspondent in Algeria, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait, Iraq and Iran, speaking four languages: English; Arabic; French; and German.[6] She wrote a column, Diplomatic Dispatches, about Washington's diplomatic community, that was published twice weekly.[7]
She won the George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting in 1987 for her coverage of the plight of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.[8][9] In 1992, she received a Distinguished Service award from the University of Wisconsin at Madison's School of Journalism and Mass Communication.[10] She left the Washington Post in 2008 after a nearly 30-year career, taking an early retirement package when the Post cut its staffing by 10%.[11]
She was a Writer-in-Residence Fellow for the year 2009-2010 at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut.[3] She currently teaches journalism at the American University of Beirut.[4] She serves on the board of directors of the Beirut Museum of Art.[12]
^ ab"Nora Boustany Profile". Who's Who of Distinguished Alumni. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
^"Nora Boustany named fellow at Issam Fares Institute". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
^ ab"Former Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon". Issam M. Fares. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
^ abcde"Guys and Gal". Carnegie Middle East Center. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
Nora Naaman Boustany is a Lebanese-American journalist and educator known for her coverage of the Middle East and human rights issues. Boustany worked...
Variations of the name, due to transliteration, include: Boustani as well as Boustany, Bisteni, Bistany, Bostany, Bustani, Besteni, Bestani and Bestene (Arabic:...
NPR. Retrieved 2013-06-07. Support Builds for Libyan Dissident, by NoraBoustany, Washington Post, Nov 16, 2006 For a Critic, Libya's Nascent Openness...
Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2017. NoraBoustany (April 26, 1987). "The Sad Voice of Beirut". The Washington Post. "Fans...
Ukraine Watched the Party Line, She Took the Truth Into Her Hands By NoraBoustany, Washington Post, April 29, 2005; Page A19 (in English) Background on...
في لبنان". Elaph (in Arabic). 14 June 2005. Retrieved 12 July 2022. NoraBoustany (7 January 1984). "U.S. Turns Down Lebanese Proposal for Redeploying...
superheroes on Islam". July 2, 2009 – via news.bbc.co.uk. Boustany, Nora (February 8, 2006). "NoraBoustany - Superheroes Powered on Islam" – via Washington Post...
Mark Career Award William Shawn The New Yorker 1987 Foreign Reporting NoraBoustany Washington Post National Reporting Mike Masterson, Chuck Cook, Mark...
The Irish Times 11 August 2006: 5. LexisNexis Academic. 8 April 2008. NoraBoustany,"Emmanuel Jal: a Child of War, a Voice of Peace." Washington Post, 6...
November 8, 2004 Pushing the Envelope on Iranian Repression, column by NoraBoustany in Washington Post 11 November 2005 Iran: Judiciary Uses Coercion to...
2009. IRIN. DRC: Ituri: Views from Kinshasa. Retrieved 7 January 2009. NoraBoustany (5 November 2006). "Tribunal to Debut With Congo Case". Washington Post...
removing hopelessly ill patients from life support. 1987 Foreign Reporting NoraBoustany for stories on Palestinian refugees and “the breakdown of civilization...
2001. Retrieved 16 April 2018 – via news.bbc.co.uk. Boustany, Nora (19 April 2006). "NoraBoustany - Sri Lankan Steers Parents to Peace After Loss in War"...
Frontline documentary. Nobel Laureates Unable to Win Release of Doctor by NoraBoustany, Washington Post, 30 May 2008. Gates Award Goes to Bangladeshi Aid Group:...
Archived 27 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 31 May 2007. NoraBoustany, 23 May 2007. "Court Examines Alleged Abuses in Central African Republic...
Blog (in Chinese) Group Honors Doctor Who Exposed China AIDS Scandal – NoraBoustany includes video interview with Dr. Gao in Chinese. Gao Yaojie is Not...
Activist Tells of Detention In Russian Psychiatric Institutions By NoraBoustany, Washington Post, October 22, 2007 EVasiljeva.LiveJournal.com (Russian)...
Litani river valley. Writing for the Financial Times, David Lennon and NoraBoustany concluded that, "the death toll was clearly intended to tell the Shia...
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. p. 73. Retrieved 7 November 2022. NoraBoustany (24 April 2002). "Bush Gets Moroccan View of the Middle East". FOM News...
was the only way to find a long-term solution to the ongoing crisis. NoraBoustany (16 November 2007). "Physician Honored For Work In Darfur". The Washington...
Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011. Boustany, Nora (24 October 2003). "India's Pioneer of Public Interest Law". Washington...
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