Grant Slater is a multimedia journalist and writer. He has written for The Associated Press from the Middle East, the former Soviet Union and the United States. His work has also appeared in Chicagoist, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Jewish Telegraphic Agency and publications in his home state of Oklahoma.
He holds bachelor's degrees in journalism and Russian language from the University of Oklahoma and is currently pursuing a master's degree in journalism at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
Starting in 2007, he worked as a freelance journalist covering the countries of the former Soviet Union, traveling widely across the region. His coverage included the 2008 conflict in Georgia and the local fallout from the global financial crisis.
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In 1991, many Kurds felt U.S. President George H.W. Bush had abandoned them to violence at the hands of the Baath regime during the first Gulf War.
By Grant Slater on Aug 16, 2010 | No Comments
A man with no arms uses his skills on the race track.
By Grant Slater on Aug 14, 2010 | No Comments
The Kurds had waited more than a decade for America to invade Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein's regime. In 2003, their fate changed forever.
By Grant Slater on Jul 30, 2010 | No Comments
When Rekwat Ali Hamzan sang the call to prayer for the first time, he was nervous about making a mistake in the presence of so many worshippers.
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