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Nir Rosen (born 1977 in New York City ) is an Iranian American journalist and a chronicler of the Iraq War .1 Rosen writes on current and international affairs. Rosen is best known for his writings on the rise of violence in Iraq following the 2003 invasion , which form the basis of his first book, In the Belly of the Green Bird (2006). He spent more than two years in Iraq reporting on the Coalition occupation, the relationship between Americans and Iraqis, the development of postwar Iraqi religious and political movements, inter-ethnic and sectarian relations, and the Iraqi civil war . He regularly contributes to leading periodicals, such as Atlantic Monthly , the Washington Post , the New York Times Magazine , the Boston Review , and Harper's . He contributed to the footage of Iraq in Charles Ferguson 's documentary No End In Sight and was also interviewed for the film. Nir Rosen is a fellow at the New York University Center on Law and Security, and a former fellow of the New America Foundation . In September 2007, he was the C.V. Starr Distinguished Visitor at the American Academy in Berlin . He was invited to speak to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 2008 about the present state of Iraq.2
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Nir Rosen (born May 17, 1977 in New York City ) is an American journalist and chronicler of the Iraq War , who resides in Lebanon. Rosen writes on current and international affairs. He is a special adviser for NGO Humanitarian Dialogue. .Contemporary Authors Online, Biography in Context .Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting .
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Nir Rosen (born May 17, 1977 in New York City ) is an American journalist and chronicler of the Iraq War , who resides in Lebanon. Rosen writes on current and international affairs. In 2014 he was a special adviser for the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue , a conflict resolution NGO. . Contemporary Authors Online, Biography in Context . Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting .
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Nir Rosen (born May 17, 1977 in New York City ) is an American journalist and chronicler of the Iraq War , who resides in Lebanon. Rosen writes on current and international affairs. In 2014 he was a special adviser for the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue , a conflict resolution NGO. Contemporary Authors Online, Biography in Context . Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting . 2010 .
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American journalist and chronicler of the Iraq War Nir Rosen (born May 17, 1977, New York City ) is an American journalist and chronicler of the Iraq War , who resides in Lebanon. Rosen writes on current and international affairs. In 2014 he was a special adviser for the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue , a conflict resolution NGO. Contemporary Authors Online, Biography in Context . Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting . 2010 .
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iranian american journalist and a chronicler of the iraq war
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american journalist and chronicler of the iraq war
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