Anthony Shadid
Anthony Shadid
Anthony Shadidwas a foreign correspondent for The New York Times based in Baghdad and Beirut. He won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting twice, in 2004 and 2010...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth26 September 1968
CountryUnited States of America
art pieces journalism
Journalism is always the art of the incomplete. You get bits and pieces.
writing journalism sometimes
The best journalism is sometimes about footnotes—when we write small to say something big.
jobs bears journalist
As a journalist, your job is to bear witness.
war careers east
On the flip side, I enjoy covering the Arab world, I've spent my entire career here in the Middle East, but I would never call myself a war correspondent.
thinking childhood twisted
I had a great childhood. I think writers are always better off when they have more twisted childhoods, but I didn't.
humanity trying important
In any kind of conflict, you have a certain dehumanization that comes along with it. And it's important as a reporter, a writer, a journalist, to try to restore humanity.
believe artist glasses
Cultures that may seem as durable as stone can break like glass, leaving all the things that held them together unattended. I believe that the craftsman, the artist, the cook, and the silversmith are peacemakers. They instill grace; they lull the world to calm.