Hala Jaber





Hala Jaber

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Hala Jaber is a Lebanese-British journalist. She was born in West Africa and currently writes for The Sunday Times. Jaber was awarded the Amnesty International Journalist of the Year Award in 2003. She won Foreign Correspondent of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2005 and 2006 for her coverage of the Iraq War. She co-won the Martha Gellhorn Prize for her work in Iraq in 2007.

Her first book, Hezbollah: Born With a Vengeance, was published in 1997. The book describes the rise and the political agenda of Hezbollah against the background of Lebanese history from 1970 to 1997. Her second book, The Flying Carpet to Baghdad: One Woman's Fight for Two Orphans of War, was published in 2009. The book chronicles her efforts to help two girls du...more


Average rating: 3.64 · 256 ratings · 66 reviews · 7 distinct works · Similar authors
The Flying Carpet of Small ...
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The Flying Carpet to Baghda...
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 39 ratings
Hezbollah: Born with a Veng...
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1997
Alfombra Voladora Sobre Bag...
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009
Het vliegende tapijt
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009
The Flying Carpet of Small ...
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009
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