Miriam Berger

@MiriamABerger

Miriam Berger is a freelance journalist with a Middle East and Africa focus. She has reported from Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Ethiopia, Jordan, Tajikistan, England, and US. Her work often focuses on media, refugees, labor, food, transportation, and other slices of life and politics. Miriam previously reported full-time for BuzzFeed World and is just completing a master’s degree at Oxford University. She has also reported with the Associated Press from Jerusalem as a 2015 Overseas Press Club Foundation Fellow, from Ethiopia as a 2014 International Reporting Project Fellow, and from the United Nations as a 2014 UN Foundation Fellow. She reads and speaks Arabic, including dialects, some Hebrew, and is now studying Persian.

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Reporting

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Congolese IDP’s in North Kivu Face Bulengo Camp Closure

Marie Chantel Batende is the elected deputy president in Bulengo IDP camp and says many of the residents have no where to go if camp is closed [Miriam Berger/Al Jazeera] Democratic Republic of Congo –…
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Jews Are Warmly Embraced In War-Torn Congo of All Places — but Why?

Jews, like any minority, have a knack for finding other Jews seemingly anywhere they go. But there’s one country where they may find comfort in unexpected brethren: the Democratic Republic of Congo. “I’m Jewish, too!”…
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The Goma Paradox

Bishweka Vanny twirled a coin between two pens on his sparse desk as he proudly retold how he rose from rags to riches to build his dream: the Ihusi Hotel, a flashy red roofed property…
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Meet The Instagrammers Challenging How You See Congo

You’re missing out if you don’t know Ley Uwera. instagram.com The 26 year-old is one of the few Congolese Instagrammers photographing the reality of everyday life in the Democratic Republic of Congo, home to some…