In the latest issue of Sada al-Malahim, the Internet magazine of the Al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen, urged its followers to use small bombs “in airports in the western crusade countries that participated in the war against Muslims: or on their planes, or in their residential complexes or their subways.”

As you know, I’ve been [...]

1. Humility is paramount to growth – No matter how good you think you are, you always have a tremendous amount of room to grow. More than in most professions, mentorship can be immensely valuable, but having a know-it-all attitude will not get you anywhere, especially as a freelancer. Mentorship has been the single biggest [...]

I was asked again to contribute to World Policy Journal’s summer issue. In it will be my reportage from Yemen. Also, if you haven’t seen my cleaned-up blog posts head over to the WPJ blog to check them out!
Micah Albert: Quenching Yemen’s Thirst
Micah Albert: Reporter’s Notebook — The First Taste of Yemen

Yemen work published in Washington Times

Writing is something I truly enjoy, but between you and me, I really don’t like straight news writing. As a journalist, it’s harder than you think to pull yourself completely out of the writing and make the reader believe that you were nothing more than a fly on the wall – a [...]

I had the chance to talk about Sudan on NPR’s Insight for about 20 minutes. Click Here to here the interview.