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‘Una critica composta ma ferma al sistema d’informazione americano’– Il...
An interview with Nicola Mirenzi of Il Riformista, one of the few Italian newspapers with a correspondent in Istanbul. Along the way Mirenzi taught me another lesson in points of view: for me, his...
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‘Batı’ya Türkiye’yi ve Ortadoğu’yu anlatmak’– Hülya Polat, VOA Türkçe
This interview about Dining with al-Qaeda with Hülya Polat of VOA’s Turkish service features a photograph in 2002, taken as I sacrificed my hair to win insights from a whip-saw handed barber in central...
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“Terrific”– Ian Black in The Guardian, UK
A lovely review of Dining with al-Qaeda in The Guardian of the UK by Ian Black, who paired my book with Joris Luyendijk’s Hello Everybody!, newly published in English. I thought Luyendjik’s book was...
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“Polemical Polyglot”– Denmark’s Weekendavisen
I always feel odd when referred to as a ‘polyglot’, since I speak no language as well as I speak English, but flattering comments like these in Denmark’s leading magazine Weekendavisen are always...
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Launch in Istanbul
The Istanbul launch of Dining with al-Qaeda will take place on at 4pm on Thursday, 16 September 2010, at the Istanbul Policy Center in Karakoy, the heart of the grand old Ottoman banking district....
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“Vast”– Hürriyet Daily News
This interview and concise summary of the themes of Dining with al-Qaeda appeared in one of Turkey’s own English-language newspapers, Hürriyet Daily News, on the day that HDN co-sponsored the Istanbul...
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“This is no cookery book”– Publico, Portugal
Dining al-Qaeda may not yet be out in Portuguese, but Portugal’s leading newspaper Publico gave the book an eye-catching outing in this review/interview published on 15 October. “Dining with Al-Qaeda”...
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“Many would consider you to be an agent”– Zahraničná Politika, Slovakia
Here’s an interview about Dining with al-Qaeda that I liked well – and hope that it wins the book many readers in central Europe! It’s from Slovakia’s magazine “Zahraničná politika“, or Foreign Policy....
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“Illuminates … in a way many scholarly works fail to do”– Francis Ghilès,...
Buy from Amazon.com This English version of Dining with al-Qaeda‘s review by Francis Ghilès – a leading authority on Algeria and the Magreb – was printed in the winter 2010/2011 edition of Afkar/Ideas,...
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Rendez-Vous Avec al-Qaida – French edition of Dining with al-Qaeda
The French edition of Dining with al-Qaida is now out, available from bookshops, amazon.fr (here) or direct from the publisher, Presses de l’Université Laval! I guess I have to resign myself once again...
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Iraqi Kurdistan: an audience in the palace
Being ushered into the presence of a country’s most powerful person is a highlight of any trip. In Iraqi Kurdistan, that means visiting Masoud Barzani, former president and leader of the biggest...
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Attending a Citizens’ Assembly in Paris
How often do any of us study a single topic for 27 working days, spread over four months of reflection? Backed by the full support of a government and briefings by experts, officials, civil society...
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A ‘thank you’ to Iraqi Kurds in the name of foreign reporters
I’m writing with news of something I’ve helped work on for over the past 18 months with one of my heroes, American writer and ex-international correspondent Jonathan Randal. It’s called the Kurdistan...
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Writing for Policymakers
One day, a Turkish colonel bellowed at me across a hushed meeting table around which sat 43 representatives from 19 Turkish government departments: “Mr. Pope!” he roared. “Your report talks about...
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Putting a shine on nonprofits – and their leaders
Nonprofits aim to make the world a better place. But could they and their leaders do better themselves? In How to Lead Nonprofits: Turning Purpose into Impact to Change the World – to be published on...
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Lessons in governance from “The Rest is Politics” podcast
“PEOPLE HATE politicians. What has the worst approval ratings in America, continuously? Congress … [That’s why] Donald Trump, in not sounding like a politician … actually manages … to win over a...
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The crisis of governance in Belgium and Europe
“I didn’t vote for five or six party chiefs to run the country between them.” I had not heard of Luc Bertrand before my weekly dip into the Flemish newspaper De Morgen. But he made me think this...
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Proportional representation: a cure for democratic ills, or a distracting red...
“An election that only one party wins, with a simple plurality, operates as a kind of factory setting for American democracy, one that we have neglected to update, despite radically changed...
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