CORRESPONDENTS

Hannah Allam

Hannah Allam

Cairo

Email Hannah at hallam@mcclatchydc.com

Hannah Allam covers the Middle East and Islamic world as bureau chief in Cairo, Egypt. Before this posting, she spent more than two years reporting on the war in Iraq as Baghdad bureau chief. She was named "Journalist of the Year 2004" by the National Association of Black Journalists. Knight Ridder recognized her war coverage with a Journalism Excellence Award in 2004 and the John S. Knight Gold Medal in 2005.

The Overseas Press Club awarded Allam and two colleagues from the Baghdad bureau its Hal Boyle Award for best newspaper reporting from abroad in 2005. She joined the Washington bureau's foreign staff in 2003.

Read her blog, Middle East Diary.

Hannah Allam's Latest Story

In Maliki's hometown, grief and questions after deadly U.S. raid

By Qassim Zein and Hannah Allam | McClatchy Newspapers

U.S. troops who Friday struck the town of Janaja, Iraq, where Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki grew up, killed a cousin who was serving as Maliki's sister's bodyguard, family members at the bodyguard's funeral said Sunday. U.S. officials acknowledged that "a local security guard" was killed, but did not identify him or explain why American forces had been operating so close to Maliki's sister's house. » read more

Posted on Sun, June 29, 2008

Hannah Allam's Recent Stories

» More stories

EDITORS

Beryl Adcock
News Desk Chief
James Asher
Investigative Editor
Mike Bold
Regional Editor
Roy Gutman
Foreign Editor
Robert A. Rankin
Government & Politics Editor
Mark Seibel
Managing Editor Online
Jim Van Nostrand
Web Editor
John Walcott
Bureau Chief
Tish Wells
Assistant Web Editor
David Westphal
Washington Editor

NATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS

Chris Adams
Investigative
Robert S. Boyd
Science & Technology
William Douglas
White House
Greg Gordon
Investigative
Frank Greve
Good News
Kevin G. Hall
Economics
Jonathan S. Landay
National Security
David Lightman
White House
Tony Pugh
Consumer Economics
Renee Schoof
Congress
Warren P. Strobel
Foreign Affairs & the State Department
Margaret Talev
Congress and Politics
Marisa Taylor
Justice and Homeland Security
Steven Thomma
Politics
Nancy Youssef
Pentagon

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS

Hannah Allam
Cairo
Shashank Bengali
Africa
Tyler Bridges
Caracas, Venezuela
Jack Chang
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Leila Fadel
Iraq
Tim Johnson
China
Tom Lasseter
Moscow
Dion Nissenbaum
Jerusalem

REGIONAL CORRESPONDENTS

Halimah Abdullah
Lexington Herald-Leader, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Macon Telegraph
Barbara Barrett
Raleigh News & Observer, Centre Daily Times
Les Blumenthal
Washington state newspapers
Erika Bolstad
Anchorage Daily News, Idaho Statesman
Lesley Clark
Miami Herald, Bradenton Herald
Michael Doyle
Fresno Bee, Modesto Bee, Merced Sun-Star
David Goldstein
Kansas City Star, Wichita Eagle, Olathe News
Rob Hotakainen
Sacramento Bee, San Luis Obispo Tribune
Dave Montgomery
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Biloxi Sun Herald
Maria Recio
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Biloxi Sun Herald
James Rosen
South Carolina newspapers
Lisa Zagaroli
Charlotte Observer