Although born in Norfolk, he considers himself to be from Omaha. He has reported on politics, culture, business, technology, and design from Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia, and the U.S. for Esquire, The Financial Times, The Guardian, Fast Company, and others. He is GroundTruth’s 2016 Middle East Fellow. Previously, he was an editor of the English weekly Egypt Independent and a co-founder of the independent website Mada Masr. Visit jahdkhalil.com for more of his journalistic work.