Quick Info
| Profession | Photojournalist |
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| Nationality | American |
| Birthplace | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
Latest News about Heidi Levine
16/10/2026
Washington Post-linked photojournalist Heidi Levine was injured while covering the olive harvest in Abu Falah, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. She was attacked by Israeli settlers under the protection of Israeli forces and was taken to the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah for treatment. She was reported to be in stable condition.
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Bio/Wiki
| Summary | American freelance photojournalist based in Jerusalem, known for long-running coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Middle East crises. |
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| Work Base | Jerusalem |
Educational Qualification(s)
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | Attended; served as school paper photographer |
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Personal Life
| Children | Mother of three children |
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| Early Interest | Her father, a photography enthusiast, gave her her first camera and they photographed Boston together |
| Recent Event | Injured on 16/10/2026 while covering an olive harvest in Abu Falah, near Ramallah in the West Bank, after an attack by masked Israeli settlers; treated at hospital in Ramallah and reported in stable condition |
Family
| Father | Photography enthusiast who bought her first camera |
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Career
| Began as a staff photojournalist with the Associated Press in Israel after a six-week trip to work on a kibbutz | |
| Sipa Press | Joined the French photo agency Sipa Press in the early 1990s |
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| Washington Post | Has worked as a freelance photographer on assignment for The Washington Post, including coverage of the war in Ukraine since February 2022 |
| Clients | The New York Times, Time, Stern, National Geographic, Paris Match, Newsweek, Forbes, The Globe and Mail, among others |
| Coverage | Gulf War crisis, Arab Spring in Egypt, Libya and Syria civil wars, Israel-Lebanon war, Gaza conflicts, Russia-Georgia war, migration crisis in Europe, Covid-19 pandemic |
| Awards | 2015 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. She went to Israel at age 21 during a university break and was offered a job with the Associated Press there | |
| 2. She has described the photojournalism field as a boys club that was hard for a woman to enter |
