Sophie Chamas

Class of 2015

Sophie Chamas is a freelance writer currently based in Dubai, and co-editor of the Middle East-focused online publishing platform Mashallah News. Her work has been featured in Al Jazeera English, The Outpost, REORIENT, Egypt Independent, The State, and Jadaliyya, among other publications. She was the recipient of the 2012 Anna Lindh Mediterranean Journalist Award in the category of new media. She has a Master’s degree from New York University’s Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies.

Clippings

  • 2015
  • Al-monitor

Lebanon’s First Sexologist

  • 2015
  • The Boston Globe

MIT alum hopes to spread tech-boom excitement in young, increasingly connected Middle East

  • 2015
  • Al-monitor

Monitor–10 Middle East artists to watch

  • 2015
  • CBC
  • CBC News

Tax SeasonArabNet showcases ‘transformative force’ of Mideast tech sector

  • 2015
  • Al-monitor

10 Middle Eastern writers you should know

  • 2015
  • Deseret News

When weddings become protests: the debate over civil marriage in Lebanon

  • 2015
  • RTÉ

Civil Marriage in Lebanon

  • 2015
  • Vice 

When the Definition of ‘Life-Threatening’ Injury Undermines War Refugees’ Health Care

  • 2015
  • National Post

“Satire is the fastest way to destroy someone": How Arabs use the Internet to mock dictators and terrorists

  • 2015
  • CBC
  • CBC Radio

Arab Satire

  • 2015
  • National Post

Minority report: 10 Mideast minorities whose futures may be uncertain

  • 2015
  • RTÉ

World News Report

  • 2015
  • CBC
  • CBC Radio

Jewish Palestinian Solidarity

  • 2015
  • Aljazeera

‘Truth commission’ to begin in Israel

  • 2015
  • Deseret News

Evangelicals have been overwhelmingly loyal to Israel, but is support eroding?

  • 2015
  • Thomson Reuters Foundation

Among Syrian refugees, hidden Dom suffer war and rejection