I report on and investigate stories in conflict zones around the world, using a mix of traditional field reporting, visual evidence gathering and original cinematography.
I have worked at The Times since 2015. My work covering Russia’s war in Ukraine alongside many talented colleagues was awarded a George Polk Award, a DuPont Award, an Edward R. Murrow Award and the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. Previously, I was a global fellow for The Associated Press in Jerusalem, an associate producer at the Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California, Berkeley, and an associate producer at Al Jazeera’s flagship documentary program, “Fault Lines.” I earned my master’s degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at U.C. Berkeley.
As a Times journalist, I share the values and adhere to the standards of integrity outlined in The Times’s Ethical Journalism Handbook.
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For a visual investigation, two Times journalists spent a year tracing 46 children who were taken from a foster home in Kherson and brought to Crimea.
By Yousur Al-Hlou and Masha Froliak
Plus, the scale of destruction in Ukraine.
By Tracy Mumford, Mujib Mashal, Yousur Al-Hlou, Ian Stewart, Jessica Metzger and James Shield
The New York Times traced how a web of politicians aligned with President Vladimir Putin’s party carried out a campaign to permanently transfer Ukrainian children from Kherson.
By Nikolay Nikolov, Yousur Al-Hlou, Masha Froliak and Natalie Reneau
The New York Times traced how a web of officials and politicians aligned with President Vladimir V. Putin’s party carried out a campaign to permanently transfer Ukrainian children from Kherson.
By Yousur Al-Hlou and Masha Froliak
Since the war started, more than 30,000 people have been killed during Israel’s bombardment and invasion. Here are some of their stories.
By Ben Hubbard, Lauren Leatherby, Hiba Yazbek, Abu Bakr Bashir, Raja Abdulrahim and Emma Bubola
Two Gazans on life in the territory’s southernmost city.
By Sabrina Tavernise, Rachelle Bonja, Lynsea Garrison, Stella Tan, Paige Cowett, Liz O. Baylen, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Corey Schreppel and Alyssa Moxley
A Times visual investigation reveals that one of Israel’s largest munitions was regularly being dropped in areas designated safe for i
By Robin Stein, Haley Willis, Ishaan Jhaveri, Danielle Miller, Aaron Byrd and Natalie Reneau
Mohammad Matar, a civil engineer, and his family have remained in the city even as Israeli ground forces continue their relentless assault.
By Yousur Al-Hlou
Trapped in the enclave, Palestinians on the social media platform are documenting and sharing their harrowing experiences of life under Israeli airstrikes and a ground invasion.
By Yousur Al-Hlou and Nikolay Nikolov
Mohammed Abu Hatab is the latest journalist to die while covering the Israel-Hamas war, which has killed more media workers than any other conflict in the area since 1992.
By Gaya Gupta
