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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 Jun 11

Mike Huckabee on the Israel-Hamas war and humanitarian situation in Gaza

The bodies of two more Israeli hostages were recovered in Gaza. It serves as a grim reminder of the human cost of the war, now 600-plus days into the carnage. How will it end? And what is the future for…

World Jun 10

Daughter of American killed in Syria describes the fight to find his remains

Majd Kamalmaz was one of half a dozen Americans detained and killed in Syria by Bashar al-Assad's regime. In 2017, he traveled to Damascus to pay respects after his father-in-law's death but was detained and died in prison. Maryam Kamalmaz…

World Jun 05

Afghan girl accepted to U.S. colleges faces uncertain future after Trump’s travel ban

President Trump's travel ban potentially affects thousands of people, including one young girl from Afghanistan. We’re calling her Saira, blurring her face and altering her voice to protect her identity for her safety. She spoke with producer Zeba Warsi from…

World Jun 03

Former Israeli PM Olmert explains why he believes his country is committing war crimes

One of the strongest condemnations of Israel’s ongoing offensive in Gaza has come from its own former prime minister, Ehud Olmert, who served from 2006 to 2009. Last week, he wrote a scathing op-ed in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz with…

World May 27

New U.S.-backed aid distribution system in Gaza quickly overwhelmed

The new aid distribution system in Gaza was quickly overwhelmed by Palestinians who for 11 weeks have been blocked from assistance. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, backed by the U.S. and Israel, says the old UN-led system allowed Hamas to flourish.

World May 26

‘Putin’s Sledgehammer’ reveals how the Wagner Group became so powerful it threatened him

A new book delves deep into the rise and fall of the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group and its close ties to Vladimir Putin. Nick Schifrin sat down with Candace Rondeaux, author of "Putin's Sledgehammer: The Wagner Group and Russia’s Collapse…

World May 22

Israeli embassy worker killings investigated as hate crime and terrorism

Two Israeli embassy staffers, who were set to be engaged, were shot and killed Wednesday night in Washington. The killings sparked immediate, global outrage and anger. The assailant was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, along with other crimes.

World May 21

Trump confronts South African president in tense Oval Office meeting

A stunning scene unfolded in the Oval Office as President Trump met South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Trump unexpectedly played videos that he says prove his claims that South Africa is committing genocide against white farmers there. The South African…

World May 19

Israel allows ‘minimal aid’ into Gaza as it intensifies airstrikes and ground operations

The Israeli military allowed humanitarian aid into Gaza for the first time in more than 11 weeks. It came after Britain, France and Canada threatened to sanction Israel if it did not provide assistance. Israel also ordered Gaza’s second-largest city…

World May 14

How Trump’s meeting with Syria’s new leader is a turning point for the war-torn nation

Day two of President Trump's tour of the Mideast brought with it the prospect of a new future for Syria. The president announced plans to lift sanctions on Syria following the fall of the Assad regime. Trump also met with…

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