One year since the devastating ferry disaster in #Mosul. Read ⁦Ghaith⁩ ‘s extensive report on this tragedy - and crime. ‘I've seen death in this city, but nothing as sad as this’: how a ferry disaster exposed the corruption devastating Iraq theguardian.com/world/2019/dec…

“We were the ones who crashed the government because of the corruption. The Taliban didn’t capture it, we brought it to collapse. We couldn’t fight, we sold it.” Today's The Guardian Long Read by Ghaith theguardian.com/news/2022/feb/…

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, Bloomsbury Books UK, Hutchinson Heinemann, Vintage Books

The Guardian published an excerpt from A Stranger In Your Own City, my book on how our lives, in Iraq and the rest of the Middle East, changed by the war 20 years ago. The book will be released on 2nd March. #Iraq #war #reportage theguardian.com/world/2023/feb…

"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…

So so humbled to read such a brilliant review from one of my most favourite writers and historians.

“There was… an hour of freedom, when the dictatorship fell and before the Americans entered the streets.” Ghaith’s important new book A Stranger in Your Own City chronicles the experiences of ordinary Iraqi civilians as America invaded – and the effects two decades on.

“20 years later there is no accountability” for the Iraq War, says Ghaith. “You know what this war achieved? Endless sectarian killing… created this nostalgia for the strongman… All dictators benefit from that illusion it’s the strongman who will stop a civil war.”

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, @mervatim, Ghaith, Sara Deniz Akant, Kaya Genç and Yasmine Seale. eventbrite.co.uk/e/fundraiser-r…

‘Scars on every street’: the refugee camp where generations of Palestinians have lost their futures theguardian.com/world/2024/jan…

'A journalistic marvel' - James Meek 'A powerful, unforgettable book' - Nadifa Mohammed A STRANGER IN YOUR OWN CITY by Ghaith is out now in paperback 💙 📚 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-stra… 📚 waterstones.com/book/978152915…

A Stanger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad Ghaith is the WINNER of The Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year Award 🏆👏 Published by Penguin Books stanfords.co.uk/a-stranger-in-… #ESTWA2024

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…

‘When I arrived, I found a letter from Sartre and Beauvoir waiting for me at the hotel. “For security reasons,” the message ran, “the meetings will be held at the home of Michel Foucault.”’ Read Edward Said's encounter with Sartre in the archive: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v22/…

My review of Ghaith “A Stranger in Your Own City” which includes some of the most brutal war reporting I’ve ever read for International Affairs academic.oup.com/ia/article/100…

‘A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference.’ - David Almond Give a book, or six, this Christmas🎄📚 Stanfords your place 📖 Ghaith Mary Colwell Tom Parfitt Tim Hannigan Leon McCarron

The reluctant collaborator: surviving Syria’s brutal civil war – and its aftermath theguardian.com/news/2025/mar/…

Today's The Guardian Long Read is a stunning piece by Ghaith. It tells the story of the Syrian civil war through the eyes of two men, who had little choice but to fight for Assad – and now fear for their futures theguardian.com/news/2025/mar/…

Last week, I had the thrill of going to the Zeg Storytelling Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia, to record a few live episodes of Columbia Journalism Review's The Kicker. The first one, a timely conversation with Ghaith, is out now: cjr.org/kicker/kicker-…