Jeb Sharp

Jeb Sharp is a former senior editor and correspondent for The World

I joined the staff of The World in 1998 and have done almost every job in the newsroom since: reporter, producer, podcaster, backup host, show runner, special correspondent and now editor. Clearly I can't get enough of the place. I have reported for the show from Belgium, Bosnia, Canada, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Haiti, Gaza, Israel, Kosovo, the Netherlands, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, the UK and across the US. I’ve received some nice honors along the way: a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard, two Overseas Press Club awards for “History of Iraq” and “How Wars End,” a Dart Award for “Rape as a Weapon of War, ” and a Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists for “Rwanda: Trying to Move On.” 

man in a helicopter

How wars end: Revisiting our series about one of the most difficult aspects of war

As the US finds itself embroiled in another war, though not with troops, we are reairing our series, "How Wars End," which first ran in 2008.

How wars end: Revisiting our series about one of the most difficult aspects of war
A crew chief completes a post flight inspection of a Predator drone on Sept. 15, 2004 at Balad Air Base, Iraq.

How drones and robotics may shape the future of conflict under President Trump

How drones and robotics may shape the future of conflict under President Trump
Site of drone strike

How the Obama administration's drone program normalized targeted killing

How the Obama administration's drone program normalized targeted killing
Maisam Hosseini and his teacher

What it's like to learn a second language when you can't read and write in your first

What it's like to learn a second language when you can't read and write in your first
A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone sits in a hanger at Creech Air Force Base May 19, 2016. The base in Nevada is the hub for the military’s unmanned aircraft operations in the United States.

For Rosa Brooks, how drones turned from the abstract to the stuff of nightmares

For Rosa Brooks, how drones turned from the abstract to the stuff of nightmares
hand holds up magazine with Barack Obama on cover, with Obama nearby

How Barack Obama convinced many African immigrants that their vote matters

What does it take to feel invested in American politics? For this immigrant from Cameroon: Barack Obama.

How Barack Obama convinced many African immigrants that their vote matters
Esu Alemseged and Daniel Aschale

These runners from Ethiopia take inspiration from Boston Marathon's defending champion

“I don’t think I’m good at running just because I’m Ethiopian,” says Esu Alemseged, 18. “But I think if it weren’t for the Ethiopian identity, I wouldn’t be running in the first place.”

These runners from Ethiopia take inspiration from Boston Marathon's defending champion
Still image from film "Jahar"

Two young filmmakers grapple with their high school memories of the Boston marathon bomber

A new film explores what it was like to be a high school friend of convicted Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Two young filmmakers grapple with their high school memories of the Boston marathon bomber
Radovan Karadzic

20 years later, a genocide conviction for architect of the war in Bosnia

He was trained as a psychiatrist, fancied himself a poet and was known for his flamboyant head of hair. Today he was convicted of genocide and sentenced to 40 years in prison.

20 years later, a genocide conviction for architect of the war in Bosnia
Geraldine Henneghien

'It's the whole family that is destroyed'

First her son was recruited. Then he left for Syria. When he was killed in the fighting there, this Belgian mother turned to parents in the same situation for solace.

'It's the whole family that is destroyed'
 Ismaël Saidi

'We were just waiting for the storm to come'

Belgian writer Ismaël Saidi, now a successful playwright, grew up in Schaerbeek, the same neighborhood where bomb-making materials were discovered after this week's attacks. His dream for a nation is one that grows together with education, a love of life and hope for the future.

'We were just waiting for the storm to come'
Brussels

Today, I'm mourning with Brussels

It's different when a bomb goes off in a city you know.

Today, I'm mourning with Brussels
Ismaël Saidi

'For the non-Muslims, it was like I opened a door for them'

In his just-released memoir a Belgian writer with Moroccan roots uses his experience to bridge cultures. In one chapter, he recounts learning how to slaughter sheep at home for the Muslim holidays. Non-Muslims ask him, “'You did that in your own house?’ “And the Muslims say, ‘Oh yeah, us too.’"

'For the non-Muslims, it was like I opened a door for them'
Youssef Kamand

He's just the kind of new citizen Europe wants — but Europe isn't making it easy for him

Youssef Kamand survived the journey from Syria and won asylum in Belgium: Now what? It's harder than you think.

He's just the kind of new citizen Europe wants — but Europe isn't making it easy for him
VUB campus Etterbeek

A Belgian campus puts out a welcome mat for refugees

When Mohammed Salman moved to Belgium to pursue a PhD in political science in 2010, he had every intention of returning home to Syria. But the war intervened, and now the newly-minted Ph.D. is helping start up a program for refugees at the Free University of Brussels.

A Belgian campus puts out a welcome mat for refugees