NEW YORK - The Associated Press expressed disappointment that its Yemeni reporter was unable to attend the ceremony to collect his Pulitzer Prize because he was not granted a U.S. visa. Maad al-Zikry, Maggie Michael and Nariman El-Mofty were awarded a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting on Tuesday for their coverage of the war in Yemen. There is no U.S. embassy in Yemen, so al-Zikry had applied for a visa in Cairo, Egypt. “We were terribly disappointed that Maad did not get a U.S. visa in time to come for the Pulitzer ceremony,” AP executive editor Sally Buzbee said Wednesday. “Maad was a critical part of the team that won the international reporting Pulitzer.

Source: thestar May 29, 2019 23:26 UTC