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Anna Therese Day is an award-winning independent journalist and the 2020 recipient of the James Foley World Press Freedom Award.You can follow her work via Twitter or Instagram at @ATDLive or on Facebook at Facebook.com/AnnaThereseDay.

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Journalist Recounts Airstrike Horror: ‘Everything Was White’

BLACK OUT

In recent days, Israel has barred foreign media access to Gaza and bombed media offices as attacks on civilians and Palestinian journalists escalate.

Anna Therese Day, Shrouq Aila | Published May 15, 2021

Forest Whitaker’s Cause: Child Soldiers

Lost Boys

The man who once played Idi Amin talks about the suffering of boys and girls in armies around the world—and in U.S. gangs.

Anna Therese Day | Published Jul 13, 2014

Syria’s Guardian Angels Turned Refugees

Turnabout

During the Iraq war, Syrian families took in thousands of relatives and friends fleeing across the border. Now, in a cruel reversal of fate, they are the ones seeking shelter in a strange land.

Anna Therese Day | Published Jun 09, 2014

American Jihadist Dies of Overdose

R.I.P.

His sense of justice took him to fight in Syria. American justice accused him of terrorism. Now he’s dead. The fighter I knew.

Anna Therese Day | Published Apr 10, 2014

Syria's Messages To America

"I want to go home"

Syria's civil war has claimed over 100,000 lives and sent millions of refugees fleeing their homes. As 2013 winds down, displaced Syrians want to share these words with the world.

Anna Therese Day | Published Dec 26, 2013

Arafat Ally Looks Back

Brothers in Arms

Nine years after Arafat’s death, the world’s richest Palestinian and Arafat’s longtime compatriot remembers his friend and addresses rumors the PLO may have played a role in his demise.

Anna Therese Day | Published Nov 13, 2013

Dining with Al Qaeda

Anna Therese Day on her meeting with four radical jihadists in Syria.

Anna Therese Day | Published Sep 13, 2013

A Dark Future for Syria’s Children

Anna Therese Day on the lack of education for Syria’s children.

Anna Therese Day | Published Sep 02, 2013

My Life as a Jihadist

Anna Therese Day interviews a fighter for al Qaeda.

Anna Therese Day | Published Aug 19, 2013

Inside Syria’s ‘Candy Factories’

Made in Aleppo

The West won’t supply them with heavy weapons, so rebels must make their own guns and bombs to fight off the government’s attacks. Anna Therese Day tours a secret arms workshop near Aleppo.

Anna Therese Day | Published Oct 23, 2012

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