Yasmeen Sami Alamiri is an
Iraqi American
Iraqi Americans (Arabic: أمريكيون عراقيون) (Kurdish عێراقییە ئەمریکییەکان, Îraqiyên Amerîkî) are American citizens who originate from Iraq. As of 2015, the number of Iraqi Americans is around 145,279, accordi ...
journalist. She currently serves as the digital news editor for
PBS NewsHour
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.
Alamiri became a White House correspondent in 2007 for the
Saudi Press Agency
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History and profile
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. In that capacity, Alamiri was the first member of the White House foreign press pool. She has covered both U.S. domestic politics and U.S. policy in the
Middle East
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for organizations such as
Rare,
BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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,
WJLA-TV
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,
Al Arabiya
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, and Fair Observer. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for The
Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC).
She is a graduate of
James Madison University
James Madison University (JMU, Madison, or James Madison) is a public research university in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the institution was renamed Madison Coll ...
and
American University
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.
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Living people
American reporters and correspondents
American University alumni
James Madison University alumni
American people of Iraqi descent
American Muslims
American women journalists
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women