Kim Ghattas — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Emmy Award-winning journalist with over 20 years of experience
Contributing Editor at Financial Times (since 2024) and Contributing Writer at The Atlantic (since 2021)
Author of the New York Times bestseller 'The Secretary' (2013) and 'Black Wave' (2020), a New York Times Top 100 Notable Book
Distinguished Inaugural Carnegie Fellow at Columbia University's Institute for Global Policy (2023-2024)
Serves on the boards of the American University of Beirut, the Center for Global Pluralism, and the advisory board of the Atlas for Impunity
Holds a BA in Political Science from the American University of Beirut

Biography

Kim Ghattas is an Emmy Award-winning Lebanese journalist, author, and Middle East expert with over 20 years of experience covering international affairs and U.S. foreign policy. She currently serves as a contributing editor at the Financial Times and a contributing writer for The Atlantic, providing incisive analysis of global events and geopolitical trends.

Ghattas's extensive journalistic career includes covering the U.S.