Yasir Khan has covered wars, revolutions, and has chased camels through the Australian Outback. As a journalist and documentary filmmaker, he has worked for outlets including CBC, CNN, Al Jazeera and Euronews, and is currently editor-in-chief of Thomson Reuters Foundation. He talks about lessons from his career, including how he avoided becoming the "Muslim correspondent," and how empathy may have literally saved his life.
If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more, go to agakhanmuseum.org/thisbeinghuman
Further resources:
Watch Yasir Khan’s documentary “Camels in the Outback”:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/al-jazeera-world/2014/12/26/camels-in-the-outback
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