Richard Engel
Richard Engel
Richard Engelis an American journalist and author who is NBC News' chief foreign correspondent. He was assigned to that position on April 18, 2008, after being the network's Middle East correspondent and Beirut Bureau chief. Engel was the first broadcast journalist recipient of the Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism for his report "War Zone Diary"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth16 September 1973
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
The truth was, there was never a connection between Iraq and Osama Bin Laden. There were no weapons of mass destruction, either.
When students and liberals initially occupied Tahrir Square, it looked like it might be a passing thing.
To be slapped with a shoe is a dirty insult in the Muslim world.
There are clearly many Egyptian free-thinkers and intellectuals - lots of wonderful Egyptian artists and architects and scientists.
We're all bloggers and punks and rebels with cameras. There is absolutely no respect for career journalists anymore.
Women, who enjoyed a high social status and levels of education under Saddam, saw terrible setbacks as Iraq fell into civil war. As a result of the sectarian violence from 2005-2007, women retreated to their homes and fell from public view.
We should have a time to reflect on the accomplishments of the military, of their sacrifices, of their failures.
Under a decades-old agreement, Palestinian refugee camps are supposed to administer and police themselves. Lebanese troops are technically not allowed to enter them.
I dont look for good-news stories or bad-news stories.
The people of Gaza are trapped. Israel has sealed the border, and they have no way to leave the Gaza Strip to do business.
There are many Israelis who are not keen on Barack Obama - they did not want to see him elected.
What is the Obama Doctrine? It seems to be one of disengagement, to try to ignore the hot, religious, dry, poor countries from Algeria to Pakistan.