2016 Wilbur Award for religion coverage of Egypt's persecuted Coptic Christians.
2015 Military Reporters and Editors Award for best overseas coverage of ISIS' advance in Iraq and the plight of the Christian and Yazedi refugees.
2015 Speech at the Partnership for Conflict, Crime & Security Research and Lapido Media conference on Religion, Securities and Global Uncertainties in London, England.
2014 Wilbur Award for religion coverage of Egypt's persecuted Coptic Christians.
2013 Speech at the Henry Jackson Society and Lapido Media conference in London, England on Reporting the Middle East: Why the Truth is Getting Lost.
2010 Inland Press Association Award for reporting on the U.S. forces and military base in Djibouti.
2010 Clarion Award has for reporting on Iraq.
2010 Speech at the Media Project's international conference in Jakarta, Indonesia on Defamation of Religion versus Press Freedom.
2009 Military Reporters and
Editors Award for best overseas coverage of Afghanistan
2009 finalist for the
Medill Medal of Courage in Journalism for reports from Afghanistan, Pakistan
and Iraq.
2007 Chapter in the book Encounters with the Middle East, titled Clothes, Camaraderie, and Qat.
2000 Edward Weintal
Award for Diplomatic Reporting from Georgetown University.
1998 Pew
Fellow in International Journalism.
1997 Co-author under the name (Elizabeth Hiel) of The Islamic Revival Since 1988: A Critical Survey and Bibliography.
1995 The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, entry on Moroccan city of Fez.
