Abouzeid attended the University of Melbourne, Australia. Since then she has worked for the New Yorker, TIME, Politico, The Guardian and many other publications.[1][2][3][4] Abouzeid is based in Beirut. In 2014 her story The Jihad next door won a George Polk award as well as the Michael Kelly Award.[5][6] Abouzeid won the Kurt Schork Award in International Journalism in 2013.[7] As well as her print work, Abouzeid has created documentaries, her first being Syria: Behind Rebel Lines.