Ahmed Aboulenein
Reporter at Reuters
Health Reporter at Reuters
I am a native Arabic speaker with eight years of journalism experience reporting from Iraq, Egypt, the United Kingdom, and the United States. I've been with Reuters since 2014 and I'm currently based in Washington D.C. covering health.

I am looking to build a career as an investigative reporter and foreign correspondent. I am comfortable doing both breaking news -- meeting wire journalism's rigorous speed standards daily -- as well as longer in-depth features, analyses, and investigations.

I am skilled in Arabic-to-English and English-to-Arabic translation; computer-assisted reporting, and data journalism. I also have rigorous investigative journalism training from Columbia Journalism School.
Reuters
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Reporter
Covering U.S. healthcare and pharmaceutical policy in Washington, D.C. with a focus on the Department of Health and Human Services and the agencies it oversees such as the Food and Drug Administration.
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Reuters
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On Leave
Recovering from surgery until March, waiting for my U.S. work authorization until August.
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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Reuters
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Correspondent
Based in Baghdad, I covered politics, economics, and security in Iraq for Reuters as the country tried to recovered from three years of war against Islamic State and dealt with issues of reconstruction, sectarian tensions, forming a new government after a controversial election, and various other challenges.

Reported a year-long investigation into the country's crumbling healthcare system demonstrating the effect of war, sectarianism, and corruption on the Iraqi state and society.
Baghdad, Iraq
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Reuters
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Acting Deputy Bureau Chief
Served as second-in-command of the Egypt and Sudan bureau based In Cairo for six months where I was responsible for day-to-day running of the bureau, managing a multimedia team, and producing a varied file of interest to our financial and media clients while reporting and producing high quality stories that distinguish Reuters from the competition.
Cairo, Egypt
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Reuters
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Correspondent
I was based in Cairo for two and a half years where I covered politics and economics in Egypt with an eye on Sudan. 

I have reported from North Sinai, where an Islamist insurgency aims to topple general-turned-president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. I have covered human rights abuses at the hands of the state; sectarian tensions between Muslims and Christians in the impoverished south; a struggling tourism sector hit by two aircraft disasters in less than a year; and a battered economy driven to new lows by a foreign currency shortage in this import-dependent country.

I contributed to a diverse file that included fast alerts on government and central bank economic data; equity coverage with a focus on real estate and construction companies; political and financial breaking news; and longer analytical or deeply reported stories. I also handled stringer copy from across Egypt and in Sudan, coached colleagues on the use of Reuters technology, and coordinated with multimedia colleagues from video and photography teams.
Cairo, Egypt
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Reuters
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Trainee Correspondent
I participated in the Reuters Journalism Program, having been selected as one of 12 people from a pool of about 1,300 candidates. I took in several weeks of classroom training in London. I then worked in reporting teams in the UK bureau and various desks. Rotations included covering British politics and economics, and the oil, softs, grains, and foreign exchange markets across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

I was able to speak to the father of two Welsh young men of Yemeni origins who ran off to join Islamic State despite various other news organisations camping outside the man's house in Cardiff and him refusing to tell them anything. I also reported from Birmingham about the disillusionment felt by young British Muslim men and their own thoughts on radicalisation.
London, United Kingdom
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The GroundTruth Project
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Middle East Reporting Fellow
Alongside my friend and colleague Ruth Michaelson I was the recipient of the GroundTruth Project's Middle East Reporting Fellowship which allowed us to report on the Egyptian military's role in the economy from both Washington and Cairo.
Washington D.C. and Egypt
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Daily News Egypt
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News Reporter
I spent a year at this English-language daily newspaper where I wrote two to four 300-700 word stories a day, meeting a strict print deadline. I reported on protests, clashes, parliament, the courts, political parties and the military. I covered the 2012 presidential elections, Egypt's first free ones, and was there when former President Mohamed Morsi delivered his victory speech in Tahrir Square.
Cairo, Egypt
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Atlantic Council
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Freelance Contributor
I wrote blog posts for EgyptSource, a project of the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East that follows Egypt's transition and provides a platform for Egyptian perspectives on major issues – economic, political, legal, religious and human rights – that are at stake in the post-Mubarak era.
Egypt
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Investigative Journalism
Master of Science (M.S.)
Columbia University in the City of New York
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I was a fellow at the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. My coursework included investigative skills, data journalism, computer assisted reporting, business and economic reporting, explanatory writing in politics and policy, forensic accounting, aggregation and web writing, audience and engagement. I wrote 2,300-word story on arrest of Bronx landlord based on public records and data that was published in the New York World. I also completed a 7,000-word Master’s project on former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s son Gamal’s links to financial corruption.
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English and Comparative Literature
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
The American University in Cairo
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I double majored in English and journalism, graduating with honours. I minored in history and completed additional coursework in political science and rhetoric. I was part of a team that founded the first independent student newspaper on campus and went on to become its chief editor. I then worked for a year on the official campus newspaper, rising to become deputy editor. I was also a student senator and led the effort to rewrite the student body constitution which overhauled student government and was approved by students in a referendum.
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English Literature, Applied Information and Communications Technology
General Certificate of Education (GCE) - Advanced Subsidiary Level (AS Level)
El Alsson School
I founded the school newspaper, The Alley Cat, and participated in the school Leadership Programme which included volunteering, interning, and presenting a "Making a Difference Project" to classmates. I was also on the Student Council and Debate Team.
Reuters Unit, NewsGuild of New York
Member
The NewsGuild of New York represents nearly 3,000 employees at New York area-based media organizations and their respective bureaus around the United States.
AMEJA
Member
The Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association (AMEJA) is a professional network for journalists of Arab and Middle Eastern descent.
IRE
Student Member
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. is a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of investigative reporting. IRE was formed in 1975 to create a forum in which journalists throughout the world could help each other by sharing story ideas, newsgathering techniques and news sources.
AMEJA
Co-president of Columbia Journalism School Student Chapter
The Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association (AMEJA) is a professional network for journalists of Arab and Middle Eastern descent.
Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism
Fellow
GroundTruth Middle East Reporting Fellowship
GlobalPost and The GroundTruth Project
The GroundTruth fellowship is awarded to a correspondent working on the ground in the Middle East who is early in his/her career and who presents the most worthy project idea for how to cover the aftermath of events in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Syria and elsewhere that have unfolded over the last three years and come to be known as the Arab Spring, or the Arab Awakening.
Louis Winnick Prize for superior coverage of New York City
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
This award honors Louis Winnick who was an economist and prolific writer, largely for academic journals but also for periodicals and newspapers. It is given for the best writing about New York City in the reporting class.
Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism Fellowship
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
The Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism is dedicated to training students interested in pursuing distinguished careers in investigative journalism. The Center takes 15-16 students every year and also administers the Toni Stabile Investigative Project Fund, which supports the most important and promising stories by the Center’s graduates. Stabile students spend the year specialising in investigative reporting and are required to do an investigative report for their master’s project. The Stabile Center provides support for their research and reporting, including paying for travel costs and providing stipends that will allow them to pursue their reporting projects after graduation.
Aggregation and Web Writing
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Audience and Engagement
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Business and Economics Reporting
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Computer Assisted Reporting
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Data Journalism
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Explanatory writing in Politics and Policy
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Forensic Accounting
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Investigative Seminar
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Investigative Skills
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Master's Project
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Reporting
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The Deep State: Egypt's rising military and fading hope for democracy
Four years after it all began in Tahrir Square, it seems Egypt’s true leadership never really lost power after all. This Special Report produced by The GroundTruth Project explores the country's "deep state."
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Children
Alashanek Ya Balady Association for Sustainable Development
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Volunteer
Taught computer skills such as how to use the MS Windows operating system and MS Office application suite to children from economically underprivileged neighbourhoods to fulfil the requirements for a secondary school extra-cirricular "leadership program" in collaboration with AYB.
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Hostile Environment with Light Medical Essentials Training (HELMET)
Hawthorne Proactive
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Nahla Al-Tabbaa
Head of Community Engagement at TheAimes
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Suha Ma'ayeh
Freelance journalist and researcher based in Amman, Jordan.
Jordan
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Oliver Holmes
International news desk editor at The Guardian
United Kingdom
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Dina Khamiss
Social Media Coordinator at Crown Prince Foundation
Jordan
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Monique Villa
Journalist, author, philanthropist. Former CEO Thomson Reuters Foundation and founder of TrustLaw
United Kingdom
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Marla Keenan
Leader, strategist, innovator + doer. Project development and implementation. Civilian protection SME. Member Board Director @TrumanProject  She/her
Austin, TX
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Mary Nazzal-Batayneh
Impact-focused entrepreneur & investor: Founder of 17 Ventures & Landmark Amman: Forbes Most Powerful Arab Women : WEF YGL & YPO
Jordan
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Clara-Læïla Laudette
Foreign Correspondent at Thomson Reuters
Spain
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Stephanie Kelly
Oil Correspondent at Reuters
New York, NY
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Gabriella Borter
U.S. National Affairs Correspondent at Reuters
New York, NY
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Jesse Kent
President at Derring-Do Inc, a real estate and lifestyle communications agency.
New York, NY
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Shreyaa Lakshmi Narayanan
Trainee Correspondent at Thomson Reuters | International Affairs student at King's College, London
Coimbatore
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Jack Hunter
BBC Journalist
London
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Izabella Kaminska
Now boosting The Blind Spot, previously Editor of FT Alphaville, Financial Times
London
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Cheryl Hatcher-Sykes
RN-BSN
Greater Macon
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Dr Goodman
Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiology at HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER
Port Chester, NY
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Rex Woodbury
Partner at Index Ventures
San Francisco, CA
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Hazim Al-Sharaa
Correspondent at IMN TV
Iraq
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Tareq Maher
Correspondent at Alaraby TV Network
Iraq
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Samya Kullab
Iraq Correspondent at The Associated Press
Iraq
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        I have had the pleasure to work alongside Ahmed in the Daily News Egypt for a year and have learned a lot from being in the same news room with him. Ahmed is a very well informed journalist with advanced research skills. His deep interest in and knowledge of complex legal and military matters in Egypt enable him to excel at explanatory journalism. Ahmed is also particularly good at investigative journalism; he has the necessary skills and resources to explore underreported topics and shed light on them. Kevin Grant
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        Ahmed is an excellent, determined reporter who showed a deep understanding of the Middle East during his GroundTruth reporting fellowship focused on Egypt's "deep state." He showed diligence, thoughtfulness and patience during the reporting and editing process: I highly recommend him. 
Ahmed Aboulenein
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Eastern Hemisphere Commercial Manager
Bucharest, Romania
Ahmed Aboulenein
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Assistant Chief of Petroleum Central Department  at Ministry of Petroleum
Egypt
Ahmed Aboulenein
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Software Engineer at Amazon
Mississauga, ON
Ahmed Aboulenein
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Senior Certified After sales consultant at BMW AGMC
Dubai, United Arab Emirates