Iraq: Sangar Khaleel

The Trip

Behind almost every great piece of war reporting is a local fixer. In Mosul, that fixer was Sangar Khaleel, whose LandRover and endless contacts kept him and the journalists he worked with safe through Iraq's darkest days.

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Sangar Khaleel Instagram

West Mosul Music in the Ruins

Sangar and Jane Arraf’s NPR report on Syrian ISIS nostalgia

NPR’s Rough Translation podcast with Sangar: DIY Mosul

Kurt Schork Award page

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