Magda Gad

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Magda Gad
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Magda Gad in November 2016
Born
Magda Gad

(1975-10-17) 17 October 1975 (age 49)
Falun, Sweden
Occupation War correspondent
Known forCovering the assault on Mosul where she reported the war against ISIS

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.

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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. Magda Gad 2016-11-23 001.jpg
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.

Personal 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 the Swedish radio show Sommar I P1 in 2017. [7]

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  2. 1 2 "Magda Gad och Göran Greider utsedda till hedersdoktorer". Högskolan Dalarna (in Swedish). 26 January 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Text: Magda GadFoto: Niclas (6 August 2013). "Två miljoner våldtagna i krigets Kongo". Läkartidningen (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. ↑ jonasmodernpsykologi (2 December 2013). "Vapnet heter våldtäkt". Modern Psykologi (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Dokument: Kampen mot viruset som dödat 7 000 människor". Cafe.se (in Swedish). 23 November 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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  7. ↑ Radio, Sveriges. "Magda Gad - Sommar & Vinter i P1". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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