Atia Abawi

Now more than ever, young students are struggling with understanding the modern American news and media landscape.

As an author and journalist who has covered wars and conflicts around the world, Atia helps young students understand how to navigate misinformation.

Atia Abawi bring an objective journalistic perspective that is based on her own knowledge of living in Jerusalem for six years and covering the region for more than a decade.

Working through a lens of empathy and equity, Atia invites her audience into the stories of those she has met through her extensive journalism career covering the conflicts and wars in Afghanistan and the Middle East for CNN and NBC News. Through her journeys as well as her own experiences as a refugee and Muslim immigrant to the U.S., Atia invites participants into empathetic listening in order to interrupt dangerous narratives that cause divides between disadvantaged groups which ultimately perpetuate oppression.

As a former CNN and NBC correspondent, Atia shares her extensive knowledge and insight from the Israeli Palestinian conflict and the importance of seeing the humanity on both sides.

Atia will also layer in her own personal experiences from living in Jerusalem for six years.

Atia will invite students into empathetic listening in order to interrupt the dangerous narratives that cause divisions which ultimately perpetuate oppression.

Atia dives into the rise of fundamentalism and the struggle many countries are having with younger generations who keep falling into its grasps.
Atia will incorporate her own experiences in the countries she has covered as a correspondent for both CNN and NBC News as well as her book, “The Secret Sky”, that tackles this issue.