Currently, Marianne Dhenin is a contributing writer at Yes! Magazine and for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Their award-winning writing has also appeared in The New Republic, Teen Vogue, High Country News, Atmos Magazine, Life & Thyme, and other publications.
Awards
The Rise and Fall of a North African Wine Giant, Wine Enthusiast, selected as a finalist for the 2023 International Association of Culinary Professionals Food Writing Award for Best Narrative Beverage Writing
Palestine and the West Bank Agricultural Struggle, Life & Thyme, nominated for a 2022 James Beard Foundation Media Award for Best Investigative Reporting
Palestine and the West Bank Agricultural Struggle, Life & Thyme, awarded the 2021 International Association of Culinary Professionals Food Writing Award for Best Narrative Food Writing
Selected Clips
Palestine
As Israel commits genocide in Gaza, I have ramped up my reporting on Palestine. If you’re also a writer interested in organizing for Palestinian liberation, consider joining Writers Against the War on Gaza and The National Writers Union.
The War Profiteers Who Are Quashing Gaza Dissent on Campus, The New Republic
California Educators Are Resisting Anti-Palestine Bills Pushing “Academic Police State,” Truthout
Changing the Narrative on Palestine, Stanford Social Innovation Review
The Quiet Success of the Israel Divestment Movement, Yes! Magazine
US Teachers Pushed Their Union to Divest From Israel. What Happened?, Truthout
Palestine’s Jordan River Drained of Water and Livelihood, Atmos
Ending Water Apartheid in Palestine, Yes! Magazine
Reporting From the Front Lines of a Genocide, Yes! Magazine
Why Gaza’s Dire Water Crisis Has Been Decades in the Making, The Telegraph
Palestine and the West Bank Agricultural Struggle, Life & Thyme
Local Ingredients are Personal for Palestine’s Craft Brewers, Wine Enthusiast
Disability
Disabled People Still Face Barriers to Online Voter Registration in Most States, Truthout
Hurricane Milton Confirmed What Disabled Citizens Feared Most, Atmos
Improving Access to the Polls for Disabled Voters Is Easier Than You Think, Next City
GOP Is Targeting Disabled Alabamians With Voting Restrictions, Truthout
How Disabled Voters Are Accessing Democracy, Yes! Magazine
Cop City Is a Disability Justice Issue, Too, Yes! Magazine
School Shooter Drills Ignore Disabled Students and Staff, Teen Vogue
How Disabled People Are Left Behind in Climate Disasters, The New Republic
Playgrounds for All, Stanford Social Innovation Review
Climate and Environment
A New Podcast Explores the Almeda Drive Fire’s Aftermath, High Country News
Greta Thunberg on Her Gap Year Climate Change Tour, Joe Biden, and Turning 18, Teen Vogue
Generation Climate Is Making The Crisis An Issue In Local Elections, Huffington Post (this article first appeared in Drilled News)
Food and Agriculture
Cannabis Workers Speak Out, Ambrook Research
The Rise and Fall of a North African Wine Giant, Wine Enthusiast
Russian Markets and Delis Continue to Connect Slavic Families to Centuries-Old Tastes and Traditions, PBS SoCal | KCET
A New Generation of Craft Brewers Rises in the Middle East, AFAR
Revitalizing Yemeni Coffee, Atmos Magazine