Shelly Kittleson is a journalist who started out her career in Afghanistan and has in recent years reported extensively from Syria and Iraq. She has reported from numerous front lines in both countries, mostly as correspondent for Al Monitor.
Her reporting and analyses have also been published in Foreign Policy, Christian Science Monitor, Syria Deeply, Warscapes, London School of Economics Conflict Research Programme Blog, Il Foglio and other publications.
In Italy, she made a five-part radio documentary in 2012 for Radio RAI Tre on Italy-led reform of the Afghan justice system on the basis of dozens of interviews conducted in and around Kabul over a period of several weeks, took part in a 2016 exhibition in Turin for women photojournalists working in warzones entitled In Prima Linea and was awarded the Premio Caravella in 2017 for her warzone reporting.
