Caryle Murphy is an American journalist. Her awards include the Pulitzer Prize.

Working life [ edit ]

Murphy has worked in America as a reporter for The Washington Post and for The Christian Science Monitor . ^[1] She has worked for the GlobalPost and The National while in Saudi Arabia . As a foreign correspondent for The Washington Post , she reported in the following regions: South Africa (following the Soweto uprising and Steve Biko slaying by the police); Cairo as bureau chief, in charge of Arab world coverage; and Kuwait during border crossing and subsequent Emirate occupation by Iraqi forces. She was part of team covering the Gulf War from Southern Arabia, and she was a reporter for three months during a tour of duty in Baghdad . ^[2]

In terms of her work in America, she is on top of coverage in the following areas: American immigration policy, American federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, and religion.

She has also been a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC.

Murphy is probably best known for her coverage of Iraqi-occupied Kuwait and the Gulf War (1990?91) that ensued. ^[3]

Recognition [ edit ]

Murphy was the 1994?1995 Edward R. Murrow Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. ^[4] In 2002, in the Washington Post's Book World she was described by Emran Qureshi, as having engaged in "careful reporting and cogent analysis [that] present[ed] readers with an indispensable opportunity to understand how the variegated strands of Islam ? tolerant reformist traditions as well as militant anti-Western ones ? have taken root in the Arab world's most vital civilization."

Publications [ edit ]

Murphy has written two books: Passion for Islam: Shaping the Modern Middle East: The Egyptian Experience , and A Kingdom's Future: Saudi Arabia Through the Eyes of its Twentysomethings (illustrated by Kathy Buttefield). ^{[5] [6]}

Awards [ edit ]

Murphy has received many awards including:

• The George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting (1990) ^[5]
• The Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation (1990)
• Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (1991) ^{[5] [7]}
• Edward Weintal Diplomatic Reporting Prize (1991)
• The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award (1994)
• Knight Luce Fellowship for Reporting on Global Religion (2011)

Personal life [ edit ]

Murphy grew up in Massachusetts . She graduated Trinity University in Washington, D.C., and Johns Hopkins University 's School of Advanced International Studies .

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Appearances on C-SPAN