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.

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

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

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