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| Sahar Baassiri (also spelled Baasiri) is a ] journalist currently living in New York City. <ref>http://www.annahar.com/</ref> | Sahar Baassiri (also spelled Baasiri) is a ] journalist currently living in New York City. <ref>http://www.annahar.com/</ref> | ||
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Sahar Baassiri (also spelled Baasiri) is a Lebanese journalist currently living in New York City.
Ms. Baassiri worked for the Lebanese daily An-Nahar newspaper between 1981 and 2009. She was the foreign editor and a columnist between 1993 and 2007. She was also the United Press International (UPI), Beirut correspondent between 1989 and 1991.
She is the author of two books in Arabic: Lebanon on Hold and The Wandering Arabs both published in 2009 by Dar An-Nahar. Ms. Baassiri earned her BA in Political Science from the American University of Beirut and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.