Jennifer Hattam

📣 I'm looking for new journalism assignments, writing or editing gigs, or other work using my communications skills, ideally to make positive social/cultural/environmental impact. Check out what I do and get in touch about projects that might be a match! jenniferhattam.com

As Iranians celebrate #Nowruz, a holiday of renewal, many in the diaspora are glued to their phones, trying to reach family in a country at war. New piece on fear, hope, and division in Turkey’s Iranian diaspora 👉 iwpr.net/global-voices/…

‘It’s well past midnight now in the Nowruz of my memory’ - Tala Ahmadi for Weekend, on being connected to a place you can’t visit (gift link) bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

My latest radio story is about why I began an annual #Nowruz party in Turkey - it’s a bittersweet farewell to a magical place I will be leaving this summer. theworld.org/segments/2026/…

“zohran’s wife tweeted bad stuff at age 15” ok have you seen what the president of the United States is currently tweeting at age 79

Tehran prepares for Nowruz under the bombs

Happy #Nowruz to everyone around the world celebrating the Persian New Year! 🌱🌿🌸 📸 Reliefs from the Apadana of Persepolis with gift-bearing delegations, perhaps for celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year festival at the spring equinox.

Happy first day of spring! 🌻🌺🌸🌼 Spring on the Mosaic of the Four Seasons from Ain Beida near Timgad. Dated 2nd century AD. National Museum of Antiquities, Algiers. #SpringEquinox #Spring

'...navigating Eid with little more than memory.' The situation in #Gaza as the bayram arrives and Israel closes the Dome of the Rock to Muslim worshippers. theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…

"How strange to want the new year to begin and to fear it too." Sad and beautiful piece on #Nowruz in Iran.

A state of conflict “gives the regime an opportunity to do whatever it wants inside the country with much lower political cost, because the war overshadows everything”, @iranhr told me. Read more about the dangers for #Iran's political prisoners in wartime thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026…

NEW: War is pushing Iran deeper into a water crisis, compounding the effects of climate change and decades of mismanagement My latest on the intersection of war and climate with @eroston & @golnarM via @climate bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The web’s transformation from a place of knowledge to a place of mindless amusements is soul-crushing. The places where you could once access books have been gutted. Billionaires seek to dismantle Wikipedia. We built & destroyed the Library of Alexandria in a few years.

1️⃣Tonight's massive gathering in Saraçhane, İstanbul: One year exactly since March 19,2025, when Istanbul Mayor #İmamoğlu, a leading opposition figure and main opposition CHP’s presidential candidate, was detained. A one-year analysis, grounded in field observations.Thread🧵👇

Thousands rally in Istanbul to mark year since #Istanbul mayor's arrest. our @AFP story: yahoo.com/news/articles/… pics by @yasinnakgul

"The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Sam Altman" theonion.com/the-onions-exc…

“As the world debates if or how the war should proceed, one voice is effectively missing: the voice of the Iranian people.”

Journalist Alican Uludağ says detention extended without his defense statement Journalist Alican Uludağ, who is being held in Marmara Prison in Silivri on the outskirts of Istanbul, said a court decided to continue his detention without taking his defense statement during a review held on the 26th day of his arrest. Uludağ said he attended the review at the Istanbul 6th Criminal Judgeship of Peace via SEGBİS, Turkey’s audio-visual court system, but was not given the opportunity to present his objections. “A decision made without taking my defense statement is contrary to the law and the right to a fair trial,” he said. mlsaturkey.com/en/journalist-…

#Turkey: We condemn the sentencing of veteran journalists Ahmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak to prison. Both have faced years of persecution for their work. Their imprisonment is part of a broader crackdown on journalists. We call for their release ⬇️ cpj.org/2026/03/vetera…

A 🧵: Last month I went to always-intriguing Izmir for five days to write a series of stories for @CBackstreets. This State of the Stomach guide is a deep dive into the city's layered food culture, from boyoz and gevrek to kokoreç and midye, shaped by centuries of migration along Turkey’s Aegean coast. culinarybackstreets.com/stories/izmir/…

🎥 Kırkayak Sanat Merkezi’nde bu Çarşamba Benim Satılık Tahran’ım / My Tehran for Sale Yön: Granaz Moussavi | 2009 | 96’ | Dram Toplumsal baskılar nedeniyle tiyatroda çalışması yasaklanan genç aktris Marziye’nin hikâyesi üzerinden Tahran’ın yeraltı sanat sahnesi.