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From Concordia journalism student to New York Times foreign correspondent
New York Times foreign correspondent Maria Abi-Habib, BA 06, has a nose for corruption. “Corrupt governments make things complicated.
When you see a government where multiple agencies are involved in basic things like building roads, and there are multiple contracts for the work, it’s a sign.”
Since graduating from Concordia with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science, Abi-Habib has pursued a career finding — and exposing — misuses of power in Afghanistan, India and Haiti among others.
“I’m from an incredibly corrupt country, Lebanon, so government corruption really gets under my skin in a very personal way. It’s very visceral to me.”
As the New York Times’ investigative correspondent for Latin America, based in Mexico City, Abi-Habib heads a small staff of reporters and researchers who cover Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
In 2021, she won the