Yasmeen Sami Alamiri

Yasmeen Sami Alamiri is an Iraqi American journalist. She currently serves as the digital news editor for PBS NewsHour.^[1]

Alamiri became a White House correspondent in 2007 for the Saudi Press Agency.^[2] In that capacity, Alamiri was the first member of the White House foreign press pool.^[3] She has covered both U.S. domestic politics and U.S. policy in the Middle East for organizations, such as Rare,^[4] BBC, WJLA-TV, Al Arabiya, and Fair Observer.^[5][6][7] She currently serves on the Board of Directors for The Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC).^[8]

She is a graduate of James Madison University and American University.^{[citation needed]}