Umar Farooq - The Freelance Journalist

I am a freelance journalist based in Turkey, who has reported from the US, Mexico, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, and China, for leading English-language outlets. I do breaking news, as well as long form and investigative features. My work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Christian Science Monitor, The Atlantic online, the Wall Street Journal online, the Nation Magazine, the IRIN News agency, Al Jazeera English, the Boston Review, the Daily Beast, the Globe and Mail, The Diplomat, World Politics Review, and other places. I also occasionally do photography and radio work.