Jagoda Grondecka

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Jagoda Grondecka
Born (1993-05-28) 28 May 1993 (age 31)
Citizenship Poland
Alma mater University of Warsaw
Occupation(s)journalist, iranologist

Jagoda Grondecka (born 28 May 1993) is a Polish iranologist and journalist specialized in Middle Eastern affairs.

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Life

Jagoda Grondecka comes from Głuszyca in Dolny Śląsk. [1] [2] She attended high school in the city of Wałbrzych [3] and during this time, she became a finalist of a Polish Language Contest three times. Grondecka graduated in 2016 from University of Warsaw with a Bachelors degree in Iranian studies and later finished her MA degree at the faculty of Foreign Affairs. Grondecka did internships in Polish embassies in Tehran and Islamabad. [4]

She has been working for Polish newspapers such as Krytyka Polityczna, Kultura Liberalna, Gazeta Wyborcza and Polityka [5] as well as international media like The New Arab. [6] Grondecka was the only Polish journalist reporting live from Afghanistan during the 2021 Taliban offensive. [7] [8] In her reports from Afghanistan she focused mainly on the daily life and the situation of women. [9] Grondecka supported the evacuation of ten Afghans to Poland in August 2021. [10]

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