Yaroslav trofimov biography of martin
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Trofimov, Yaroslav 1969–
PERSONAL: Born July, 1969, in Kiev, Ukraine. Education:New York University, M.A.
ADDRESSES: Agent—Jay Mandel, William Morris Agency, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.
CAREER: Former reporter for Bloomberg News; Wall Street Journal, New York, NY, foreign correspondent, 1999–.
WRITINGS:
Faith at War: A Journey on the Frontlines of Islam, from Baghdad to Timbuktu, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 2005.
SIDELIGHTS: Yaroslav Trofimov was born in the Ukraine but moved to Madagascar as a child.
He attended New York University and worked as a reporter in the United States, France, and the former Soviet Union before he traveled to the Middle East in 1994, just as the Oslo peace process was about to begin. Trofimov learned Arabic and Hebrew and covered suicide bombings, rocket attacks, and shootings as he traveled from Lebanon to Gaza to the Persian Gulf.
In 1997 he moved to Rome, Italy, where he wrote about business and politics, first f