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Zeba Warsi

About Zeba @Zebaism

Zeba Warsi is a foreign affairs producer, based in Washington DC. She's a Columbia Journalism School graduate with an M.A. in Political journalism. She was one of the leading members of the NewsHour team that won the 2024 Peabody award for News for our coverage of the war in Gaza and Israel.

At the NewsHour, she covers foreign affairs with a focus on human-centric stories and long-form special projects. Since 2022, Warsi has covered a series of important global events including the ongoing war in the Middle East, with a focus on interviewing people in Gaza under challenging circumstances, the twin earthquakes in Turkey and northwest Syria, the war in Sudan with a focus on atrocities in West Darfur, life under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, the 2022 women-led protests in Iran and the worsening humanitarian crisis in East Africa among other issues.

Prior to the NewsHour, Warsi was based in New Delhi for eight years, covering politics, extremism, sexual violence, social movements and human rights as a special correspondent with CNN's India affiliate CNN-News18.

Warsi’s long-form investigation, into complaints of sexual assault and abuse in ICE detention center won the 2024 SAJA Award for outstanding story. She has won the UNFPA Laadli Award for Gender Sensitivity (2021) for a long-form feature on how protest politics in India acquired feminist undertones; the Young Professional of the Year award at the 2020 ENBA Awards for her reportage of the citizenship law protests, religious violence and the covid pandemic in India. Her investigative report on child-trafficking in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh won the 2019 Red Ink Award Special Mention for Outstanding Journalism, human rights category. She was also a finalist at the 2019 Asian TV Awards in the best news story category.

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Zeba’s Recent Stories

World Nov 06

Young Gazans describe how the Israel-Hamas war has upended their lives

Life in Gaza was not easy before the Hamas terror attacks against Israelis on Oct. 7. Now, it’s immeasurably more difficult and deadly. We hear from several people in Gaza whose lives have been upended by the conflict, some of…

World Nov 03

How thousands of Gazans became stranded in Israel when war started

The morning Hamas terrorists launched their attack on Israel, there were thousands of innocent Gazan civilians inside Israel working day jobs or seeking medical care. When the war started, they were left stranded. Now, they’ve been told to go back…

World Nov 01

Afghans seeking refuge in Pakistan ordered to leave or face forced deportation

Following the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and subsequent Taliban takeover, hundreds of thousands of Afghans sought safe haven in Pakistan. Many spent years working with the U.S. and Afghan government and fled a Taliban crackdown. But as Nick Schifrin…

World Oct 30

Military experts weigh in on Israel’s tactics in Gaza airstrikes and ground invasion

Israel is now operating in the Gaza Strip, but a U.S. official says IDF ground invasion plans changed to use more “methodical” tactics compared to original plans. But still, Israel’s air campaign has been relentless, turning parts of Gaza into…

World Oct 27

Aid worker describes life in Gaza amid constant bombardment

Gaza's humanitarian crisis becomes more dire with every passing moment. With constant bombardment and dwindling supplies, it's a struggle to find fuel, food and even water. Before communication lines went dark Friday, Amna Nawaz spoke with Yousef Hammash, who works…

World Oct 26

UN official warns ‘hell is settling in’ as it struggles with Gaza humanitarian crisis

The Gaza health ministry run by Hamas released 200-plus pages listing those killed since Israel began its retaliatory air campaign for the October 7 terror attacks. The list shows more than 7,000 dead with nearly 3,000 children. It's an apparent…

World Oct 26

The horrific task Israelis face in finding and identifying Hamas terror attack victims

Hamas attacked southern Israel with ferocious terror nearly three weeks ago, killing more than 1,400 people. Now, as Israelis mourn their dead, many are still trying to find their loved ones. The task is monumental, painstaking and often horrific. Leila…

World Oct 24

A look at life inside Gaza amid airstrikes and worsening humanitarian crisis

Israel intensified its bombing of Gaza, launching 400 airstrikes Tuesday across the Palestinian territory. Foreign ministers from around the world met at the United Nations urging a ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. With constant bombing and dwindling necessities,…

World Oct 23

Israeli bombardment of Gaza persists amid calls to address worsening humanitarian disaster

Hamas freed two more hostages, a pair of Israeli women, out of the 220 people believed to be held captive. Meanwhile, Israel's bombardment of Gaza continues and the health ministry there says more than 5,000 Palestinians have been killed. Israel…

World Oct 20

Israeli airstrike hits Greek Orthodox church in Gaza, killing more than a dozen

Air strikes continued to pound Gaza Friday as the Israeli invasion force sat ready near the Gaza border. On the Egyptian side of that border, aid shipments still await entry to Gaza as the U.N. secretary-general visited the site and…

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