Bio
Aida Alami is a Moroccan freelance journalist who’s frequently on the road, reporting from North Africa,
France, the Caribbean, and more recently, Senegal. She regularly contributes to the New York Times, and her work has also
been published by the New York Review of Books, Middle East Eye, Al Jazeera English, and Foreign Policy. She earned her bachelor’s
degree in media studies at Hunter College and her master’s degree in journalism
at Columbia University. She mainly reports on human rights, politics, immigration,
and racism. These days, Aida spends a lot of time in France, where she is
directing a documentary feature on antiracism activists and police violence.