#404 - How I Became a Journalist and What I Need to Survive
Update: 2023-06-28
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This episode's guest is Fahim Abed and independent journalist from Afghanistan and a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.
Join us as Fahim Abed walks us through his journey of becoming a journalist. He was a local reporter for The New York Times in Afghanistan until the Taliban takeover of the country in August 2021. He was evacuated from Kabul with a number of his colleagues and relocated to the United States. He is studying migration and American history with a focus on Asian migrants to the U.S. and the integration challenges they face.
Interview by Dartmouth student Varun Swaminathan '26. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy
Join us as Fahim Abed walks us through his journey of becoming a journalist. He was a local reporter for The New York Times in Afghanistan until the Taliban takeover of the country in August 2021. He was evacuated from Kabul with a number of his colleagues and relocated to the United States. He is studying migration and American history with a focus on Asian migrants to the U.S. and the integration challenges they face.
Interview by Dartmouth student Varun Swaminathan '26. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy
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