Roula Khalaf - Financial Times

Roula Khalaf is an associate editor and Middle East editor of the Financial Times. She has worked for the FT since 1995, first as North Africa correspondent, then Middle East correspondent and most recently as Middle East editor. Before joining the FT, she was a staff writer for Forbes magazine in New York.

Roula oversees FT's coverage of the Middle East region, its various bureaus and the newly launched Middle East edition. She writes regularly on Middle East politics and business.

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Mohamed Morsi’s declaration to rule unchallenged could backfire

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It is unlikely the ayatollah will suddenly shift his priorities in the face of sanctions

Despite unrest, US policies have improved America’s standing

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The FT’s Middle East editor reviews an account by history professor David Lesch explaining how power has corrupted Syria’s Bashar al-Assad

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