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Yaroslav Trofimov is a Ukrainian-born Italian author and journalist who serves as chief foreign-affairs correspondent at ''
The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...
''. Previously he wrote a weekly column on the Greater Middle East, Middle East Crossroads, in ''The Wall Street Journal''. He has been a foreign correspondent for the publication since 1999, covering the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Prior to 2015 he was ''The Wall Street Journal'' bureau chief in
Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is borde ...
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Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
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Awards

He was a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in international reporting for his work on Afghanistan, won the Overseas Press Club award for foreign reporting on India, won the SAJA Daniel Pearl award for the outstanding story on South Asia in 2007 and shared the SAJA award for coverage of the Mumbai bombing in 2008, among other honors. In 2021 he was awarded the Overseas Press Club Flora Lewis award citation for best commentary on international news.


Books

*''Faith at War: A Journey on the Frontlines of Islam, from Baghdad to Timbuktu'' ( Henry Holt, New York, 2005; ). A travelogue through the post-2001 Muslim world, "Faith at War" has been long-listed for the Lettre Ulysses Award for literary journalism in 2006. *'' The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda'' ( Doubleday, New York, 2007; ). A "gripping" historical account of the Grand Mosque Seizure in
Mecca Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow v ...
in 1979 by the precursors of Al Qaeda. The book was a finalist for the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers award and won the Gold Medal of the Washington Institute Book Prize, a literary award established to highlight nonfiction books about the Middle East.


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References

*''The New York Times'' review of Faith at War

*''The Washington Post'' review of Faith at Wa

*''Publishers Weekly'' review of Siege of Mecc

*''Jerusalem Post'' review of Siege of Mecc

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