![Children are pictured in the northern city of Raqqa, the former Syrian capital of the Islamic State, on Dec. 19, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2021-12/GettyImages-1237327748.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=-q9oCOPQ)
![Amberin Zaman 2](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-06/AmberinZaman2-480x480.jpg?h=7f412c8f&itok=e2cJgWXs)
Amberin Zaman is Al-Monitor’s chief correspondent based in London and covers major stories on the Middle East and North Africa from across the region and beyond. Zaman’s reporting focuses on geopolitical trends, diplomacy and human rights. She has covered conflicts in Iraq, Syria and the South Caucasus. Zaman is widely acknowledged for her courageous work on Turkey and the Kurds for which she was named a “Hero” by the Coalition for Women in Journalism. Prior to joining Al-Monitor as a full time reporter in 2018, Zaman was The Economist’s Turkey correspondent for 16 years. Zaman was also a regular contributor to The Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph, The Los Angeles Times and Voice of America and penned weekly columns in the Turkish language media. Zaman, who studied political science at Franklin College in Lugano Switzerland, speaks fluent French, Turkish and Bengali. Follow her on Twitter @amberinzaman and Instagram @amberinzamanjournalist.
![Children are pictured in the northern city of Raqqa, the former Syrian capital of the Islamic State, on Dec. 19, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2021-12/GettyImages-1237327748.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=-q9oCOPQ)
![Didem Kinali](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2021-12/didemkinali.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=4tIHQeMv)
![Amberin Zaman](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-06/AmberinZaman2-480x480.jpg?h=7f412c8f&itok=e2cJgWXs)
![ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2021-12/GettyImages-1237351759.jpg?h=4bd20877&itok=v5C0D28s)
![Amberin Zaman](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-06/AmberinZaman2-480x480.jpg?h=7f412c8f&itok=e2cJgWXs)
![Ji Bo Azadiye](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2021-12/Ji%20Bo%20Azadiye.jpeg?h=a5ae579a&itok=BLpZlwUZ)
![Amberin Zaman](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-06/AmberinZaman2-480x480.jpg?h=7f412c8f&itok=e2cJgWXs)
![VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2021-12/GettyImages-515905704.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=sQ8-Dp3I)
![Amberin Zaman](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-06/AmberinZaman2-480x480.jpg?h=7f412c8f&itok=e2cJgWXs)
![Nagorno Karabakh](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2021-12/GettyImages-1229854826.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=hyvYAkh7)
![Amberin Zaman](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-06/AmberinZaman2-480x480.jpg?h=7f412c8f&itok=e2cJgWXs)
![Pro-Kurdish lawmaker Leyla Zana is embraced by lawmaker Aysel Tugluk (R) as she arrives at the parliament in Ankara on Oct. 1, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2021-12/GettyImages-127864756.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=gQiZk5HR)
![Amberin Zaman](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-06/AmberinZaman2-480x480.jpg?h=7f412c8f&itok=e2cJgWXs)
![A memorial to victims of the 1960 fire in Amude, Syria. Image taken Nov. 5, 2021](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2021-11/memorial.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=sDXUzYQN)
![Amberin Zaman](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-06/AmberinZaman2-480x480.jpg?h=7f412c8f&itok=e2cJgWXs)
![DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2021-11/GettyImages-1234950832.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=YwrD6qky)
![Amberin Zaman](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-06/AmberinZaman2-480x480.jpg?h=7f412c8f&itok=e2cJgWXs)
![Camels in Raqqa](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2021-11/raqqacamels.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=KRIlxqxL)
![Amberin Zaman](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-06/AmberinZaman2-480x480.jpg?h=7f412c8f&itok=e2cJgWXs)
![Mazlum Kobane (Mazlum Abdi), commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2021-11/GettyImages-1177964941.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=BK1a7qkk)
![Amberin Zaman](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-06/AmberinZaman2-480x480.jpg?h=7f412c8f&itok=e2cJgWXs)
![People line up to exchange money at a currency exchange office on Oct. 14, 2021, in Istanbul, Turkey.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2021-10/GettyImages-1346562092.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=UNMDRwAI)
![Amberin Zaman](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-06/AmberinZaman2-480x480.jpg?h=7f412c8f&itok=e2cJgWXs)