Lila Hassan
Former Tow Journalism Fellow, FRONTLINE/Columbia Journalism School Fellowships
Lila Hassan was a 2020-21 Tow Journalism Fellow. She is an investigative journalist and master’s graduate of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, where she was a Lorana-Sullivan full-scholarship recipient.
Before Columbia, Hassan was the senior Middle East and North Africa associate at Human Rights Watch, where she contributed research and support to investigative reports of human rights abuses across the region. She was also an editorial intern at Thomson Reuters Cairo bureau, where she covered black market raids, international business deals, and court trials. In Istanbul, she covered the crackdown of an LGBTQ Pride parade, Syrian...
Stories from Lila Hassan
‘A Complex Truth’: Dan Reed on the Liberty City Seven and Counterterrorism in His New Doc, ‘In the Shadow of 9/11’
What Is the Fatemiyoun Brigade and Why Does It Make the Taliban Nervous?
Do Military Courts Play a Role in the Wake of January 6?
500,000 Refugees, ‘Slavery-like’ Compulsory Service, No National Elections, Border Conflicts & Secret Prisons: 5 Human Rights Crises in Eritrea
Repatriating ISIS Foreign Fighters Is Key to Stemming Radicalization, Experts Say, but Many Countries Don’t Want Their Citizens Back
U.S. Shifts Policy in Yemen, But the War Is Not Over Yet
Biden Announces End to U.S. Support for Offensives in War-Torn Yemen
‘Serious Threats’ Ahead: Human Rights Experts Voice Concern for Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar Following Military Coup
The Boogaloo Bois Have Guns, Criminal Records and Military Training. Now They Want to Overthrow the Government.
Wisconsin Recount Targets 2 Democratic Strongholds, Home to Black and Hispanic Voters
A Look at the Places Behind ‘American Voices: A Nation in Turmoil’
American Mom Who Pleaded Guilty to Terrorism Charges Sentenced to 6.5 Years
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