Tavleen Tarrant @TavleenTarrant

Associate Reporter of Social Newsgathering @NBCNews. Member of @aaja and @sajahq. @ColumbiaJourn alum. email: [email protected] tavleentarrant.journoportfolio.com New York City Joined August 2010

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Tavleen Tarrant @TavleenTarrant

5 days ago

@ywsalam and I worked on this story for several months, speaking to dozens of Gazans looking to leave Gaza and documenting the social media effort behind evacuating people in Gaza to neighboring Egypt

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Yasmine Salam @ywsalam

4 days ago

“This is my only hope in life — to get out of this war,” said Anas Al Borno, who now spends much of his day communicating with the hundreds of people who have donated from Gaza. “I feel that they are my closest friends,” he said. W/ @TavleenTarrant nbcnews.com/news/world/gaz…

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Ken Dilanian @KenDilanianNBC

5 days ago

Crowdfunding and suitcases full of cash: How Gazans are paying to escape war nbcnews.com/news/world/gaz… via @NBCNews

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Eric Carvin @EricCarvin

5 days ago

Really strong work on this @NBCNews story by @TavleenTarrant on my team, along with the always brilliant @ywsalam, who looked at the complex, expensive and risky prospect of fleeing from Gaza to Egypt. Please find time to give it a read. nbcnews.com/news/world/gaz…

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Tavleen Tarrant @TavleenTarrant

5 days ago

“Do you know what it means for your home and all your memories, dreams and personal files to be destroyed under this rubble?” -- Abdullah Alqatrawi says

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Tavleen Tarrant @TavleenTarrant

5 days ago

Abdullah, who is only 24, has turned to social media to create videos to raise awareness of his GoFundMe, here is one where he speaks from the rubble of what was once his home in Al Nuseirat: instagram.com/p/C5-uTrJtjam/

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Tavleen Tarrant @TavleenTarrant

5 days ago

Abdullah Alqatrawi and Anas Al Borno shared their stories with us of how they have been able to evacuate their family members but are still stuck in Gaza amidst a barrage of strikes everyday. Both have lost so many family members. Abdullah told me he lost 25

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Tavleen Tarrant @TavleenTarrant

5 days ago

Wrote this piece about Palestinians seeking to escape Gaza to Egypt and the insane cost of trying to leave. But also got to document the incredible social movement behind crowdfunding these evacuations all over social media. Please take a read if you can: nbcnews.com/news/world/gaz…

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NBC News World @NBCNewsWorld

5 days ago

It can cost Palestinians tens of thousands to escape Gaza. Crowdfunding has become a lifeline and the only way for many families to meet the skyrocketing cost of crossing the border. And social media users from around the world are flocking to help. nbcnews.com/news/world/gaz…

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PEN America @PENamerica

6 months ago

PEN America is concerned by reports that poet Mosab Abu Toha, the founder of Gaza's only English language library, has been taken into custody by Israel's Defense Forces in Gaza. We are seeking more details and call for his protection. Our 2022 interview: pen.org/the-pen-ten-an…

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Yasmine Salam @ywsalam

6 months ago

“What we were afraid of happened yesterday” Mohammed Malaka has told me more of his family (including his two uncles) have been killed in a strike on 6 house buildings in Gaza where the remainder of them were staying. “About 50 people died and this not the final number. 2 of…

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Shakeeb Asrar @shakeebasrar

6 months ago

Check out this great reporting by @TavleenTarrant on how Gazans have no time to grieve or bury lost loved ones — there are no resources to take out bodies from under the rubble nbcnews.com/news/world/gaz… via @NBCNews

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NBC News @NBCNews

6 months ago

As the death toll continues to rise in Gaza, families are struggling to bury and grieve the dead in accordance with Islamic traditions. nbcnews.com/news/world/gaz…

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Joy Y. Wang @joyywang

6 months ago

“Today, there is no time for prayers. They can’t take him home and say goodbye as it was before.” Gaza struggles to bury and grieve the dead in accordance with Islamic traditions @ywsalam @TavleenTarrant for @NBCNews nbcnews.com/news/world/gaz…

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Tom Namako @TomNamako

6 months ago

NBC News spoke to several Gaza residents including a gravedigger, a morgue worker and grieving relatives, who detailed overburdened morgues and mass graves filled with unidentifiable bodies in the besieged strip @ywsalam @TavleenTarrant nbcnews.com/news/world/gaz… via @NBCNews

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Tulika Bose @TulikaBose_

6 months ago

🧵 1/ In case it’s helpful, here’s a thread of Palestinian journalists on the ground in Gaza, verified in one of my BIPOC journalism groups.

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Tavleen Tarrant @TavleenTarrant

6 months ago

Come see the NYC premiere of Allies Welcome on November 16!! @DOCNYCfest @shakeebasrar @FatmaFaizi

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6 months ago

Come see the NYC premiere of Allies Welcome on November 16!! @DOCNYCfest @shakeebasrar @FatmaFaizi

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Tavleen Tarrant @TavleenTarrant

7 months ago

My boss @EricCarvin on MSNBC's Velshi talking about how we verify footage for NBC News

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Tasveer @TasveerOrg

7 months ago

Shakeeb Asrar's film, ALLIES WELCOME, follows the story of 3 Afghans, who fled their home after the Taliban takeover of 2021. Get the Virtual Pass now to watch ALLIES WELCOME, streaming from now through 10/22 as part of Tasveer's Virtual Film Festival. bit.ly/Tasveer-Virtua…

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Caitlyn (she/her) @caitlyn_yaede

8 months ago

The front page of tomorrow's @dailytarheel – I shed many tears while typing up these heart-wrenching text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday. Our campus was on lockdown for more than three hours. Beyond proud of this cover and the team behind it.