Usaid Siddiqui

Usaid Siddiqui is a reporter at aljazeera.com.

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He is a member of the Al Jazeera Live News team, writing news and features with a focus on foreign policy issues across several regions including South Asia, the Middle East and the United States. Usaid has reported on significant events including the COVID-19 global pandemic, Israel’s war on Gaza, the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Doha, Qatar and the Doha Forum in 2024 and 2025. He also covered the Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh, producing both news and analysis. He has a Masters in International Relations from the University of Sussex.

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