Ghaith
@ghaithabdulahad
Guardian journalist and author of A Stranger in Your Own City.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk 22-04-2008 08:44:39
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Dear Twitter, Safaa Khalaf Safaa Khalaf is a highly respected Iraqi journalist, researcher, and poet, who has always been ethical. Twitter has suspended him bcoz he exposed accounts calling for the murder of peaceful protesters in #Iraq. We demand you restore his account.
New: Notable nonfiction of early 2023, a roundup by 5 books ed. Sophie Roell: fivebooks.com/best-books/not… Books by Sarah Bakewell, Ghaith, Peter Frankopan, Harvard University Press International, Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s, Bloomsbury Books UK, Hutchinson Heinemann, Vintage Books
"The truth is that the occupation was bound to collapse & fail. A nation can’t be bombed, humiliated, sanctioned, then bombed again, then told to instantly become a democracy. No amount of planning could've turned an illegal occupation into a liberation." theguardian.com/world/2023/feb…
Tickets are still available (for a donation) to London Review Bookshop’s fundraiser for victims of the Syrian-Turkish earthquake. With readings by Elif Batuman, Merve Emre, Ghaith, Sara Deniz Akant, Kaya Genç and Yasmine Seale. eventbrite.co.uk/e/fundraiser-r…
After I was assaulted, I posted a photo of my injuries. The reaction I craved was not pity, but anger by Rena Effendi theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…