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About P. J. @PJTobia

P.J. Tobia is a Foreign Affairs Producer at PBS NewsHour, covering the Middle East and North Africa. He is also the host and producer of the foreign affairs podcast "Shortwave." Prior to this Tobia spent two years in Afghanistan covering Afghan politics, life and the U.S.-led war.

P. J.’s Recent Stories

World Feb 21

What Yemen’s Presidential Vote Means for U.S. Interests, Yemeni Daily Life

A man votes in Sanaa, Yemen. Photo by Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images. Citizens of Yemen went to the polls Tuesday to mark their vote on a presidential ballot that had only one name on it, that of current Vice President Abed…

World Feb 10

Siege of Homs Grinds On: ‘There Is a Sniper at the End of Our Street’

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's army continues to blast away at the city of Homs and on Thursday we spoke with someone living in the middle of the conflict. Lubna, a 27-year-old woman who wished to be identified only by…

World Feb 08

Inside Homs, ‘The Blood Is on the Floor’

Reports from the besieged Syrian city of Homs paint a dire picture. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that dozens have died there in the last 24 hours, 14 of them children. The assault by Syrian government forces came…

World Jan 12

Are Syrian Spies on U.S. Soil?

After our story, "Syrian Spies Operating in the U.S." was broadcast on Jan. 3, we received several responses to our Public Insight Network request for the personal stories of Syrian- Americans who felt that they had been spied on by…

World Jan 02

PBS NewsHour Seeks Syrian-American Voices

Are you a Syrian living in the United States? Have you been harassed or intimidated by agents of the Assad regime or the Mukhabarat? Has your family in Syria been punished for your political beliefs or actions here? For the…

World Dec 19

Protesters, Police Clash Anew in Cairo

A police crackdown on protesters in Cairo, during the second stage of Egypt's election, led to the most-violent episodes yet in the post-Mubarak era. Margaret Warner gets the latest from The New York Times' David Kirkpatrick, who has been covering…

World Oct 14

Why Did Assad, Saddam and Mubarak Protect Christians?

Recent attacks on a Christian church in Egypt led to violent protests and dozens dead on the streets of Cairo. David Kirkpatrick leads The New York Times' coverage of the protests (read his dispatches) and he appeared…

World Sep 14

Palestinians to Demand U.N. Vote on Statehood

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Photo by Olivier Pacteau via Flickr Creative Commons. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will go to the United Nations next week and ask the world body to recognize a Palestinian state. The move could light…

World Aug 19

In Israel, Protesters Decry Rising Cost of Living

It started as one woman's protest against high rent in her neighborhood. Now, tens of thousands of people are protesting the high cost of living in Israel.

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