Sarah A. Topol is a journalist. Currently, she is a writer-at-large for the New York Times Magazine. She has reported from more than three dozen countries in the Middle East, former Soviet Union, Asia, and Africa.Topol's work has appeared in the Atlantic, Businessweek, Esquire, Foreign Policy, Fortune, GQ, Harper’s, Newsweek, the New Republic, New York Magazine, Outside, Popular Science, Politico, Slate, and Travel + Leisure. She has been a guest on BBC, CNN, and NPR, and has spoken at Princeton, Columbia, NYU, and Georgetown.Topol received her B.A. in Political Science and International Studies from Northwestern University.