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A finalist for the Pulitzer and National Book Awards, Carla Power began her career at Newsweek, where she was a foreign correspondent. Her writing has appeared in Time, Vogue, Glamour, The New York Times Magazine, and Foreign Policy. Her work has been recognized with an Overseas Press Club award, a Women in Media Award, and the National Women’s Political Caucus’s EMMA Award. She holds a graduate degree in Middle Eastern Studies from Oxford, as well as degrees from Yale and Columbia.