Caryle Murphy is an American journalist. Her awards include the Pulitzer Prize.

Working life

Murphy has worked in America as a reporter for ''

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'' and for ''

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''. She has worked for the

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and ''The National'' while in

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the Ara ...

. As a foreign correspondent for ''The Washington Post'', she reported in the following regions:

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring coun ...

(following the Soweto uprising and Steve Biko slaying by the police);

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metr ...

as bureau chief, in charge of Arab world coverage; and

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Ku ...

during border crossing and subsequent Emirate occupation by Iraqi forces. She was part of team covering the Gulf War from Southern Arabia, and she was a reporter for three months during a tour of duty in

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

. In terms of her work in America, she is on top of coverage in the following areas: American immigration policy, American federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, and religion. She has also been a public policy scholar at the

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in Washington, DC. Murphy is probably best known for her coverage of Iraqi-occupied Kuwait and the Gulf War (1990–91) that ensued.

Recognition

Murphy was the 1994–1995 Edward R. Murrow Fellow at the

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in New York. In 2002, in the Washington Post's Book World she was described by Emran Qureshi, as having engaged in "careful reporting and cogent analysis

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present dreaders with an indispensable opportunity to understand how the variegated strands of Islam – tolerant reformist traditions as well as militant anti-Western ones – have taken root in the Arab world's most vital civilization."

Publications

Murphy has written two books: ''Passion for Islam: Shaping the Modern Middle East: The Egyptian Experience'', and ''A Kingdom's Future: Saudi Arabia Through the Eyes of its Twentysomethings'' (illustrated by Kathy Buttefield).

Awards

Murphy has received many awards including: *The George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting (1990) *The Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation (1990) *

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made ...

for International Reporting (1991) *Edward Weintal Diplomatic Reporting Prize (1991) *The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award (1994) *Knight Luce Fellowship for Reporting on Global Religion (2011)

Personal life

Murphy grew up in

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. She graduated Trinity University in Washington, D.C., and

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

School of Advanced International Studies The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a graduate school of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington, D.C., United States, with campuses in Bologna, Italy, and Nanjing, China. It is consistently ranked one of th ...

References

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