
Basharat Peer
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Contributing Editor, Ideas @Time. Author, Curfewed Night, A Question of Order, Haider. Former @foreignaffairs, @nytopinion, @crisisgroup
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Joined March 2013
Philippe Sands’s 38 Londres Street is “a chilling indictment of complicity and continuity between Nazism and the worst excesses of [Pinochet’s] dictatorship, a vicious echo of past repression resonating almost 30 years after Hitler’s death.” —Ariel Dorfman
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In 38 Londres Street Philippe Sands investigates a Nazi war criminal’s collaboration with the Chilean dictatorship’s system of repression, torture, and murder.
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Time Magazine wrote a relatively good story about me, but the picture may be the Worst of All Time. They “disappeared” my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that looked like a floating crown, but an extremely small one. Really weird! I never liked taking
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⚡️NEW from @DropSiteNews: “We may have survived physically, but we haven't survived mentally.” Five Gaza journalists reflect on the toll of the genocide as the ceasefire takes effect. https://t.co/CrXmiXeXY9
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Five Gaza journalists reflect on the toll of the genocide as a ceasefire takes effect.
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“We’re informing anyone who doesn’t have internet.” A group of Palestinian journalists walked through the streets of Gaza City, announcing that a ceasefire agreement had been reached amidst a widespread internet blackout
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🎧 Hold Your Fire! | Special Episode: @Rob_Malley on Gaza, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the wider Middle East:
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‘The last letter appeared as a silent, scrolling text against the backdrop of a blurred, empty chair.’ @afsinyurdakul in @TIME
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"A Turkish journalist has been writing letters from prison about the state of his nation. His colleagues read them out on a YouTube show," writes Afşin Yurdakul
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On Sept. 19, I published a piece in TIME explaining how Israel’s attack on Qatar sent shockwaves across the UAE & broader GCC. I ended it this way, before the diplomacy around UNGA that followed helped propel Trump to force Bibi’s apology call to Qatar. https://t.co/sEcBqJXthi
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The legendary T.J.S. George has left us. He had the courage, the vision to establish AsiaWeek in 1975 with the stirring call: ‘ To report accurately and fairly the affairs of Asia in all spheres of human activity, to see the world from an Asian perspective, to be Asia’s voice in
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Palestinians are celebrating in the Gaza Strip amid a reduction in Israeli military action. The relative calm follows US President Trump’s order for Israel to halt its bombing of the Strip. Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports from Gaza.
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‘The collapse of water security in Iran has been decades in the making and is rooted in a mania for megaprojects—dam building, deep wells, and water transfer schemes—that ignored the fundamentals of hydrology and ecological balance.’ @nikahang in @TIME
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The collapse of water security in Iran has been decades in the making and is rooted in a mania for mega projects.
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Finally saw Homebound. Take a bow @ghaywan @somenmishra0 @varungrover! And @BasharatPeer for that original NYT report.
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The moving & utterly heartbreaking story by @BasharatPeer in 2020 in @nytimes that #Homebound is based on. Can't wait to watch the movie that is getting rave reviews from everyone. https://t.co/Pu9LeoUpVf
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How a photograph of a young man cradling his dying friend sent me on a journey across India.
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“अपने ही पानी में पिघल जाना बर्फ का मुक़द्दर होता है” #Homebound has travelled across festivals around the world but its true identity lies in its return—its homebound journey back to the motherland. And for me, it means a long arduous wait over a decade to put out a second
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#YaarMere for #Homebound A song for friends that feel like home. A friendship anthem for the ages. Composed by @ItsAmitTrivedi Lyrics by yaar mere @varungrover Sung by @javedali4u and @paponmusic Out on @sonymusicindia
https://t.co/8yMCnAFZHc (Promotional song and
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Thrilled to see this lovely review of Homebound, our film, in @guardian
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Neeraj Ghaywan’s film benefits from excellent lead performances, strong cinematography and an apparent mentorship from Martin Scorsese
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✍️NEW OP-ED | The @UN Security Council is Struggling. We Still Need It In a period of high geopolitical risk, there is still a case that having the five veto powers keep up a minimum of cooperation is a global public good, writes @RichardGowan1. https://t.co/87mSI0hI9I
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In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's killing, a look at how Americans choose the America that they believe exists. My latest.
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The governor of Utah struggled to find the right words to describe the question so many have been asking: What is happening in America?
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Richard Gowan explains the struggle within the U.N. Security Council—and why we still need it https://t.co/q6ZNbnNDjq
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"Despite their rifts, the permanent members of the Security Council still agree on a wide range of subjects," writes Richard Gowan.
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