She was formerly a producer/correspondent for Democracy Now and has reported from the Middle East, South Asia and the United States for over a decade. She spent 2011 covering the Arab uprisings from Egypt and Libya. She has an MA in Near Eastern Studies from New York University, a post-graduate diploma from the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai, and is on the Editorial Committee of MERIP. She’s currently working on a book about migrant workers in the Middle East.