Dahr Jamail speaking at UT-April 3
DAHR JAMAIL, AUTHOR OF BEYOND THE GREEN ZONE
Thursday, April 3, 7:00 PM
UT campus, Geology 2.324
Map to Geology building: http://www.utexas.edu/maps
In late 2003, weary of the overall failure of the US media to accurately report on the realities of the war in Iraq for the Iraqi people and US soldiers, Dahr Jamail went to Iraq to report on the war himself. He spent a eight months in occupied Iraq as one of only a few independent US journalists in the country. In the Middle East, Jamail has also has reported from Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. His dispatches were quickly recognized as an important media resource. Jamail is now writing for the Inter Press Service, The Asia Times and many other outlets. His reports have also been published with The Nation, The Sunday Herald, Islam Online, the Guardian, Foreign Policy in Focus, and the Independent to name just a few.
His newest book is Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq (Haymarket Books). Vivid, insightful, and often in the participants’ own words, Beyond the Green Zone goes past the polished desks of the corporate media and Washington politicians to tell first hand of the reality of life under U.S. occupation.
Howard Zinn writes: “Dahr Jamail does us a great service, by taking us past the lies of our political leaders, past the cowardice of the mainstream press, into the streets, the homes, the lives of Iraqis living under US occupation… If what he has seen could be conveyed to all Americans, this ugly war in Iraq would quickly come to an end.”
ALSO APPEARRING: Brian Henretta, veteran of the Iraq War
Co-sponsored by the UT Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the UT School of Journalism, International Socialist Organization, MEChA, Campus Antiwar Movement to End the Occupation, Palestine Solidarity Committee, Iranians for Peace and Justice, and Campus Progress. More info: 512-471-1947 or dcloud@mail.utexas.edu
For more information on Jamail and Beyond the Green Zone:
http://www.beyondthegreenzone
http://www.dahrjamailiraq.com
Tags: Austin, Beyond the Green Zone, Dahr Jamail, Iraq, University of Texas, UT
