Hugh Naylor

Hugh Naylor

Hugh Naylor reported from the Middle East as a correspondent with The Washington Post and The National. His words also have appeared in The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The San Francisco Chronicle and others. He slept on a floor as a young freelancer in Damascus, Syria, watched rebels battle their way through Aleppo and weathered two wars in Gaza. He also stood in Tahrir Square for Egypt’s revolution and spent a lot of time covering Iraq and Yemen. He speaks Arabic and hopes his Spanish hasn’t gotten too rusty. He received an MA in international relations and economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.