Caryle Murphy is an American journalist. Her awards include the Pulitzer Prize.

Working life

Murphy has worked in America as a reporter for ''

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'' and for ''

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''. She has worked for the

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and ''The National'' while in

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...

. As a foreign correspondent for ''The Washington Post'', she reported in the following regions:

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(following the

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uprising and

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slaying by the police);

Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...

as bureau chief, in charge of Arab world coverage; and

Kuwait Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Kuwait ...

during border crossing and subsequent Emirate occupation by Iraqi forces. She was part of team covering the Gulf War from Southern Arabia, and she was a reporter for three months during a tour of duty in

Baghdad Baghdad ( or ; , ) is the capital and List of largest cities of Iraq, largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population exceeding 7 million, it ranks among the List of largest cities in the A ...

. In terms of her work in America, she is on top of coverage in the following areas: American immigration policy, American federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, and religion. She has also been a public policy scholar at the

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in Washington, DC. Murphy is probably best known for her coverage of Iraqi-occupied Kuwait and the Gulf War (1990–91) that ensued.

Recognition

Murphy was the 1994–1995

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Fellow at the

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in New York. In 2002, in the Washington Post's Book World she was described by Emran Qureshi, as having engaged in "careful reporting and cogent analysis

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present dreaders with an indispensable opportunity to understand how the variegated strands of Islam – tolerant reformist traditions as well as militant anti-Western ones – have taken root in the Arab world's most vital civilization."

Publications

Murphy has written two books: ''Passion for Islam: Shaping the Modern Middle East: The Egyptian Experience'', and ''A Kingdom's Future: Saudi Arabia Through the Eyes of its Twentysomethings'' (illustrated by Kathy Buttefield).

Awards

Murphy has received many awards including: *The George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting (1990) *The Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation (1990) *

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prizes () are 23 annual awards given by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters". They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fo ...

for International Reporting (1991) *Edward Weintal Diplomatic Reporting Prize (1991) *The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award (1994) *Knight Luce Fellowship for Reporting on Global Religion (2011)

Personal life

Murphy grew up in

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. She graduated Trinity University in Washington, D.C., and

Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876 based on the European research institution model, J ...

School of Advanced International Studies The School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a graduate school of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington, D.C. The school also maintains campuses in Bologna, Italy and Nanjing, China. The school is devoted to the study of int ...

References

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