He contributes to numerous Arabic, English- and other foreign language publications including "The Economist", "Al-Quds", "The Middle East", "Jane's Defence Weekly", "Mideast Mirror", "Die Zeit", "Newsweek", BBC World Service (English), UPI and Oxford Analytica, as well as international broadcast media such as ITV News, Fox News, CNN, ABC news, PBS, MSNBC, CBC, Al-Jazeera, Al-Arabiya and others. In 1994–1995, Nematt worked as regional correspondent for the BBC Arabic Service TV, in addition to his work as Bureau Chief for Al-Hayat and Correspondent for BBC Arabic Service radio. He reported on and analyzed developments related to the Iran-Iraq war, the 1990-1991 Iraq invasion of Kuwait, the Second Gulf War, and the Arab-Israeli peace process.