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Jackie Spinner is a journalist based in the Middle East. She was a staff writer for the
Washington Post
for 14 years and covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She is the author of
Tell Them I Didn't Cry: A Young Journalist's Story of Joy, Loss, and Survival in Iraq
.
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