Magda Gad (Swedish pronunciation:[magdagad][1]; born 17 October 1975) is a Swedish war correspondent and Middle Eastern analyst who writes, photographs and films her stories.
She has been a correspondent for the Swedish media outlet Expressen since 2015. Gad got international recognition in June 2016 when she covered the assault on Mosul in Iraq. She reported on the war against ISIS.
Magda Gad at Expressen's editorial office 2016
She has been reporting from Afghanistan since September 2018, and is one of the few western journalists who gained access to the Taliban before the Taliban's take over in 2021. She stayed in Afghanistan during the take over and was never evacuated. She continues to report from Afghanistan.
Early life
Gad was raised in Falun in Dalarna County, Sweden. Her father worked as a physician and researcher while her mother worked as a dental nurse for an oral surgeon.[2] She studied political science and journalism in Stockholm.[citation needed]
Career
Between 2004 and 2014, Gad worked as a journalist and editor for newspapers such as Tidningen Vi, Läkartidningen,[3]Modern Psykologi,[4]Café,[5]Svenska Dagbladet, QX, and as a feature and news journalist for the newspaper Aftonbladet. She has also written for the humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières.[6]
In 2015, she moved to Expressen where she has been working as a war correspondent. She also co-founded the investigative journalism platform Blankspot.
Magda Gad hosted an episode of the Swedish radio show Sommar i P1 in 2017.[7]
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