Farnaz Fassihi

Farnaz Fassihi is the deputy bureau chief for Middle East and Africa for The Wall Street Journal , now based in Beirut, Lebanon. She joined the Journal in January 2003 and was immediately sent to Iraq. Her family is Iranian-American; she has degrees in English from Tehran University and in journalism from Columbia University. Prior to joining the Journal , she was a roving foreign correspondent for the Star Ledger of Newark, N.J., and a reporter for the Providence Journal .

Farnaz Fassihi is the deputy bureau chief for Middle East and Africa for The Wall Street Journal , now based in Beirut, Lebanon. She joined the Journal in January 2003 and was immediately sent to Iraq. Her family is Iranian-American; she has degrees in English from Tehran University and in journalism from Columbia University. Prior to joining the Journal , she was a roving foreign correspondent for the Star Ledger of Newark, N.J., and a reporter for the Providence Journal . See less