Souad Mekhennet

Souad Mekhennet, born 1978, is a German journalist of Turkish-Moroccan descent. She is a national security correspondent for The Washington Post and has reported on terrorism for The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Der Spiegel, and other major outlets. She has written four books including "I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad" (2017) and "The Eternal Nazi" (2014). She won the 2018 Nannen Prize and Ludwig Börne Prize, and received the 2017 Daniel Pearl Award.