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Amberin Zaman is Al-Monitor’s chief correspondent based in London and covers major stories on the Middle East and North Africa from across the region and beyond. Zaman’s reporting focuses on geopolitical trends, diplomacy and human rights. She has covered conflicts in Iraq, Syria and the South Caucasus. Zaman is widely acknowledged for her courageous work on Turkey and the Kurds for which she was named a “Hero” by the Coalition for Women in Journalism. Prior to joining Al-Monitor as a full time reporter in 2018, Zaman was The Economist’s Turkey correspondent for 16 years. Zaman was also a regular contributor to The Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph, The Los Angeles Times and Voice of America and penned weekly columns in the Turkish language media. Zaman, who studied political science at Franklin College in Lugano Switzerland, speaks fluent French, Turkish and Bengali. Follow her on Twitter @amberinzaman and Instagram @amberinzamanjournalist.
![An animal activist pats a stray during a rally to protest against a bill drafted by the government that aims to remove stray dogs off the country's streets, in Istanbul on July 23, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-07/GettyImages-2162560201%20copy.jpeg?h=a5ae579a&itok=89h8jasT)
![Women worshippers stand at the altar, they pray and tie knots in pieces of cloth that represent their wishes, during their visit to the new Yazidi Temple in the village of Aknalich, 35 kilometres from the Armenian capital Yerevan, on October 11, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-07/GettyImages-1177311086.jpg?h=827d3341&itok=jkbzQpLw)
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![Iraq's new first lady and Iraqi-Kurdish politician and writer Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed receives a bouquet of flowers during her husband's inauguration and handover ceremony as the new Iraqi president at al-Salam Palace in the capital Baghdad on Oct. 17, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-07/GettyImages-1244034094.jpg?h=827d3341&itok=wnirTeVH)
![The protest movement leader Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan participates during the rally demanding the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's resignation over land transfer to neighboring Azerbaijan, outside the government building in central Yerevan on May 30, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-07/GettyImages-2154857198%20%281%29.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=GicSy0mp)
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![Turkey's defender Merih Demiral makes a controversial hand gesture as he celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 football match between Austria and Turkey at Leipzig Stadium, Leipzig, Germany, July 2, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-07/GettyImages-2159835996.jpg?h=4abf54cc&itok=zn-Zbcqs)
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![A stray dog sits in front of the Hagia Grand Mosque, in Istanbul, on May 30, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-06/GettyImages-2154768264.jpg?h=620dfca3&itok=Uezvo9My)
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![Supporters of the Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) take part in the Kurdish celebration of Nowruz (aka Noruz or Newroz), the New Year of the Persian calendar, in Istanbul on March 17, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-06/GettyImages-2084792002.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=2m3IxtD2)