Pakinam Amer

I edit, write for, and manage the regional online edition of Nature magazine, the highest impact-factor science magazine in the world, and part of Nature Research Group and Springer Nature. Nature Middle East covers emerging science in the region in a variety of formats, including news, enterprise, blogposts and podcasts. Cairo's office is the regional bureau overseeing copy flow from the entire Middle East.

• Cairo Scene (April 2012-January 2013): Spent a year in the Shaolin Temple in China, learning Kung Fu, and the edicts of Zen Buddhism, and writing about the experience. My dispatches from China, called Letters from Shaolin, were published in my personal blog and in CairoScene, one of Egypt's top entertainment and lifestyles e-magazines.

• IBA Media (January 2011-February 2012): My job began as a news and features editor/writer for the magazine, in its print format, in addition to handling assignments and monthly coverage, working directly under the managing editor and chief editor, as part of a team of senior editors, and full-time reporters. A few months into the job, it evolved to include managing the web and social media presence of Egypt Today. Taking on the new role, I did continue to edit and provide content for both the print magazine as well as its online version. During my tenure at Egypt Today, I produced an in-depth investigative feature that in 2012 won the EU-sponsored (and prestigious) Samir Kassir Award for Best Investigative Feature for 2012.

I have been commissioned by Visa, one of the world's largest credit card companies and payment networks, to travel and blog the sponsored trips, with the purpose of promoting local tourism.

The pieces were published on my own blog, and later in Egypt Today, Egypt's largest and oldest monthly magazine.

Writing news features and features - with a focus on politics, sectarian issues and Islamism. During my time at Al-Masry Al-Youm English, I broke the story of the murder of several Church deacons in Naga Hamadi (I was the only reporter on site for two days when the incident happened - I lived tweeted, in addition to sending updates to Cairo around the clock). I also produced a 10-part special on Islamic societies in London universities, which I had reported in London, but published in Cairo.

Besides current affairs, I ran the travel section, including producing a massive series of stories (included features, blogposts, pictures and videos) about a road trip from Cairo down south to Shalateen, near the Sudanese borders. The series garnered significant readership.

News reporter, covering hard news and occasionally features, in addition to translating (into English) and editing stringer copies from across the region. I left AP when I won a scholarship (Chevening) to study for a master's degree in the United Kingdom.

Writing and reporting extensively on Egypt, Iraq, and the region, including covering the 2007 Arab Summit in Riyadh, the 2007 World Economic Forum in Jordan and the Hezbollah-led anti-government protests in Beirut in 2006. The job included managing and editing content from stringers based in Egypt, Iraq, the Gaza strip, Sudan and Saudi Arabia.

Writing and reporting stories from Egypt. My beat included the Muslim Brotherhood's office, and the Orthodox Church (Christian affairs). My coverage in The Daily Star Egypt included many stories relating to human rights, Islamists, parliament and sectarian violence.