OMAR WARAICH
ADVOCATE /
WRITER /
JOURNALIST
Omar Waraich is a writer, journalist and human rights advocate. From 2016-2021, he worked at Amnesty International, most recently as Head of the South Asia Regional Office, covering human rights issues in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
From 2007-16, he covered Pakistan and other parts of South Asia for TIME Magazine and The Independent. He has written on political and democratic transitions, terrorist attacks, Islamist insurgencies, military offensives, Pakistan-U.S. relations, the blasphemy laws, religious minorities, culture, and press freedom. He covered many other events in Pakistan, including the lawyers' movement, the 2007 state of emergency, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the 2008 and 2013 elections, the epic 2010 floods, and the death of Osama bin Laden.
Omar has reported from South Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and the South Pacific. He has also written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, The New Statesman, The New Zealand Herald, and The Economist Intelligence Unit. He has appeared as a commentator on CNN, NPR, Sky News, BBC World News, BBC World Service, NBC, Bloomberg, and Al-Jazeera English.
In 2013, Omar was a reporting fellow for religion with The International Reporting Project at SAIS-Johns Hopkins. In 2015, he won the SAJA award for "Outstanding editorial commentary on South Asia", and in 2022, he received the inaugural László Z. Bitó Award for Humanitarian Service from Bard College.
Omar has a Master's in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford, where he was an Oxford Commonwealth Law Scholar, and a Master's in International Relations from the University of London.
Twitter: @OmarWaraich
E-mail: omar.w@icloud.com
From 2007-16, he covered Pakistan and other parts of South Asia for TIME Magazine and The Independent. He has written on political and democratic transitions, terrorist attacks, Islamist insurgencies, military offensives, Pakistan-U.S. relations, the blasphemy laws, religious minorities, culture, and press freedom. He covered many other events in Pakistan, including the lawyers' movement, the 2007 state of emergency, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the 2008 and 2013 elections, the epic 2010 floods, and the death of Osama bin Laden.
Omar has reported from South Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and the South Pacific. He has also written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, The New Statesman, The New Zealand Herald, and The Economist Intelligence Unit. He has appeared as a commentator on CNN, NPR, Sky News, BBC World News, BBC World Service, NBC, Bloomberg, and Al-Jazeera English.
In 2013, Omar was a reporting fellow for religion with The International Reporting Project at SAIS-Johns Hopkins. In 2015, he won the SAJA award for "Outstanding editorial commentary on South Asia", and in 2022, he received the inaugural László Z. Bitó Award for Humanitarian Service from Bard College.
Omar has a Master's in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford, where he was an Oxford Commonwealth Law Scholar, and a Master's in International Relations from the University of London.
Twitter: @OmarWaraich
E-mail: omar.w@icloud.com
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