She is an award-winning author of five novels and a journalist who was based in the Middle East, Africa and Russia. She founded two nonprofits, the Afghan Women’s Writing Project and the Camel Book Drive. Previously, she was Vice President of Communications for Concern Worldwide and Director of Communications and Public Diplomacy for the U.S. Embassy in Kabul Afghanistan. She has been awarded literary fellowships at Yaddo, MacDowell, Dora Maar Brown Foundation Fellows Program, and others.
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Jun 18 2024 Grantee Impact Story Embracing Forest Cuisine, Fire-Proofing the Amazon, and More Sixteen Big Bet Climate Fellows from Latin America show the Global South is not just a hotspot for climate change challenges, but a powerhouse for innovative solutions. Masha HamiltonJun 18 2024 Grantee Impact Story The Isolated People are the Amazon’s Essential Climate Warriors The Indigenous communities that favor isolation are critical custodians of biodiversity and guardians against the encroaching tide of climate change in the Amazon rainforest. Masha HamiltonJun 18 2024 Grantee Impact Story Pioneering an Intercultural Health Model to Fight Climate-Sensitive Diseases A collaborative effort is underway to fuse Indigenous ancient wisdom with Western medical practices and create a more powerful public health system in the Amazon rainforest. Masha HamiltonJun 18 2024 Grantee Impact Story Data Sounds the Alarm; Community Drives the Solution Data collection, digitization, and analysis in far-flung locations means public health interventions are based on fact, not opinion -- critical as climate change challenges health systems. Masha HamiltonJun 18 2024 Grantee Impact Story Desperate to Heal the Soil, Colombia’s Smallholder Farmers Go Regenerative The Growing Hope project is an effort to heal the soil, restore a community’s vitality, and fight a shifting climate. Masha Hamilton