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Arwa Damon

(1977) Journalist

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Arwa Damon is a journalist.

Quick Facts About Arwa Damon

Born: September 19, 1977
Profession: Journalist

About Arwa Damon

[Wikidata] American journalist... | [Wikipedia] Arwa Damon is a Syrian American journalist who was most recently a senior international correspondent for CNN, based in Istanbul. From 2003, she covered the Middle East as a freelance journalist, before joining CNN in 2006. She is also president and founder of INARA, a humanitarian organization that

Quotes by Arwa Damon

I have never been able to let Iraq go. It is a part of me. Even under Saddam Hussein, even despite what…

Country

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We need to continue to strive to tell these different stories.”

Different

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I think the desire to be a journalist started post-911. I'm Syrian American. I speak fluent Arabic. I'd come back to the…

Authority

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To be fearless is to be reckless. I think you need a certain level of fear because you need to respect the…

Awareness

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There are certain realities about the world we live in. Syria and Iraq are just not going to get on air every…

Every day

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I think we need to be human. Nobody is objective. We need to go in and be human - especially today, especially…

Broken

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