Christina Lamb OBE was born on 15 May 1965 and is a British journalist and author.
14 Facts About Christina Lamb
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Christina Lamb is the chief foreign correspondent of The Sunday Times.
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Christina Lamb is an Honorary Fellow of University College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Global Fellow for the Wilson Centre for International Affairs in Washington DC In 2013 she was appointed an OBE by the Queen for services to journalism.
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In November 2018, Christina Lamb received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Dundee.
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Christina Lamb has written ten books including The Africa House and I Am Malala, co-written with Malala Yousafzai, which was named Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards 2013.
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Christina Lamb was educated at Nonsuch High School for Girls, Cheam, and graduated with a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Oxford.
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In 1988, Christina Lamb was awarded Young Journalist of the Year for her coverage of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.
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Christina Lamb has reported on Pakistan and Afghanistan for more than three decades.
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Christina Lamb has been based in Islamabad and Rio de Janeiro for the Financial Times and Johannesburg and Washington DC for The Sunday Times.
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Christina Lamb has covered wars from Iraq to Libya, Angola to Syria; repression from Eritrea to Zimbabwe; and journeyed to the far reaches of the Amazon to visit remote tribes.
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In November 2001, Christina Lamb was deported from Pakistan after uncovering evidence of a covert operation by rogue elements in the ISI, Pakistan's military intelligence service, to smuggle arms to the Taliban.
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Christina Lamb was on Benazir Bhutto's bus when it was blown up in October 2007.
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In 2009, Christina Lamb's portrait was on display in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
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Christina Lamb inspired the character Esther in the novel The Zahir written by Paulo Coelho.