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Our Journalists

Basim al-Shara
IWPR-trained reporter

I was born in Baghdad on July 7, 1980 and was raised in al-Hurria, in north-west Baghdad, where I spent the most beautiful days of my childhood in a simple Iraqi family.  My father is a retired English teacher from Amara and my mother is a housewife from Najaf.

Hazim al-Sharaa
Editor, Iraq

Before joining IWPR in 2004, Hazim al-Sharaa worked as a correspondent, editor, and presenter for numerous media outlets in Iraq.

Shorsh Khalid
IWPR-trained reporter

I was born in Kirkuk on March 9, 1985, but my family was expelled by the Baathist regime and we moved to Sulaimanyah. I graduated in media studies from Sulaimaniyah University.

Samah Samad
IWPR trainee-reporter

I was born in Kirkuk on February 1, 1981 and completed primary school and university there. I come from an educated family and have three sisters and four brothers.