# Harun Maruf (Haaruun Macruuf)

> Harun Maruf: VOA Somali journalist and co-author of Inside Al-Shabaab.

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## Who is he?

Harun Maruf is a Somali journalist based in Washington DC who works for the Voice of America ([Wikipedia, Harun Maruf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harun_Maruf)). He has also worked for the Associated Press and the BBC (same source). He holds a master's degree in international journalism from the University of [London](/en/diaspora/london/) (same source).

## Work

He co-wrote the book *[Inside Al-Shabaab](/en/books/inside-al-shabaab-maruf/)* ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harun_Maruf)).

## Press freedom

In April 2020 Amnesty International reported that Somalia's intelligence agency, [NISA](/en/institutions/nisa/), had threatened him in an effort to intimidate him ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harun_Maruf)). The US Embassy in Somalia condemned the threats and called him one of the most respected Somali journalists, and [Hassan Sheikh Mohamud](/en/people/hassan-sheikh-mohamud/), then a former president, also criticised the agency (same source).

## In short

A VOA journalist and author on al-Shabaab who became a press freedom case in 2020.

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