Antonia Farzan

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Antonia Noori Farzan
Employer The Washington Post
AwardsGeorge Polk Award
Website http://www.antonianoorifarzan.com/

Antonia Noori Farzan is an American journalist. She was educated in Hamilton College and Columbia University. [1] Farzan was a journalist for Business Insider , [2] The Independent and the Phoenix New Times . She writes for the Washington Post . In 2017 Farzan won the George Polk Award with Joseph Flaherty for her article in the Phoenix New Times which revealed "that Motel 6 motels in Phoenix, Arizona, provided nightly guest rosters to ICE". [3] [4] [5]

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