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Al Jazeera English Senior Correspondent. Author of 'In Truth, Madness' Pro Bono consultant to .

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@ajimran
Imran Khan
6 years
I need to change my name.
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The results are taking forever because Biden said inshallah.
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5 years
Speaking to a senior Israeli civil servant here in Jerusalem about the attacks in NYC and the graffiti in London. He was blunt. 'Where there is Islamaphobia, anti semitism follows quickly.'
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UK: anti-Semitic graffiti on walls all over Hampstead and Belsize Park this morning
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@realDonaldTrump Because Britain had the debate after Dunblane. They severely restricted guns. Debate over.
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7 years
My latest. Church bells to ring once more this Easter in Iraq @AJENews
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4 years
It is 15 years to the day I joined Al Jazeera English. It is a privilege reporting for one of the best news networks. 2020 has seen me in the studio a lot more than I thought I would ever be, given my natural home is on the road. The journey continues. #aljazeeraenglish
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6 years
In 2014 Imran Khan brought Islamabad to a standstill with mass rallies alleging army involvement in election rigging. In 2018 will he do the same? Will he investigate serious and consistent allegations that the army fixed it so his party won a majority?
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10 years
The #Muslimlivesmatter is heartbreaking. Every picture I see of the Chapel hill suggest 3 ordinary, happy and... http://t.co/yxJGVZBy7d
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5 years
Absolute fire musically and lyrically throught provoking. The Long Goodbye by @rizwanahmed
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8 years
@jsiwat @iyad_elbaghdadi @sarahussein Has your faith been weakened as a result of humor ever?
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10 years
Reports suggest ISIL have killed one Japanese hostage and swapped the demand of money for the release of ISIL member in Jordan.
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8 years
So FB just did this to my Post. @intifada
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9 years
Breaking. ISIL claim responsibility for Donald Trump.
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3 years
What looks like anti aircraft/missile fire with tracer rounds going off near us in Central Kyiv. Could well be the Ukrainian air defense intercepting a missile or a rocket. More details to follow. #Kyiv #Russia #Ukraine #war #correspondent #aljazeeraenglish
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@mehdirhasan It would have been. Except the vaccines are expired and the PA is returning them.
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4 years
I have covered the worlds worst places. I have seen mobs attack journalists including myself and my crew. This happened in heart of American democracy today. So tell me about American exceptionalism agian?
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@ajimran
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10 years
The Pope has arrived in Turkey. Rumours that Erdogan told him that Muslims invented Christianity cannot be confirmed at this time.
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Imran Khan
7 years
Did 350 billion dollars buy Saudi Arabia the anti Iranian coalition they have always wanted? #TrumpinSaudi #RiyadhSummit #iran
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10 years
A decade long curfew was lifted here in #Baghdad , this week. Then 2 days of consecutive bombings in the capital... http://t.co/wmRZI0q2Pw
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6 years
It's the end of civilization as we know it.
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Due to the abnormally warm temperatures, MCC has decided to dispense with requirement for gentlemen to wear jackets in the Pavilion and arrive wearing one. This applies to Members of MCC and Middlesex and their guests.
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8 years
England fans complaining it was tiny minority. Now you know how it feels to be a Syrian refugee in Europe accused of being a terrorist.
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7 years
EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 7.2 HITS IRAQ, SOUTHEAST OF AS-SULAYMANIYAH -USGS we felt it here in Baghdad also. Very strong.
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@TonyParsonsUK But he does speak German.
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5 years
@alextohme @Josiensor Islamaphobia scares the shit out of me. Should I move to Pakistan?
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3 years
Join me on inside story tonight as we discuss the threat of US sanctions on all sides of the conflict in Tigray. #studiolife #tvnews #Tigray #TPLF #Ethiopia #Eritrea #amhara
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I still watch Yes Minister every couple of years or so. Every couple of years it becomes less of a satire and more a foretelling of today's politics. '2020. It's sooner than you think!' RIP Derek Fowlds.
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6 years
Palestinian protestors bring down a Israeli tear gas drone using a kite in Gaza just a few moments ago.
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4 years
Loving @thenitinsawhney on desert Island discs. Smart and passionate about music, the man is truly a national treasure. Take a listen:
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I'm bieng told by multiple sources the death toll in #Baghdad is higher than officially confirmed as human rights workers are denied entry in to hospitals to take records. #protests #aljazeeraenglish #iraq
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7 years
Dear BBC. Please look after Mohammed Nazir's family like you would if he was British.
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5 years
Today is one of the oddest days in my journalist career. The Sudanese military have banned Al Jazeera which means I have no press credentials and cannot do anything that might be considered journalism. I have still have eyes and ears though. Part 1/2. #sudanprotests
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@Otto_English It's also vegan certified, kosher, nut free, gluten aware as well as Halal. That's some dinner party you could serve this at. Warburtons marketing dept are absolute genius.
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5 years
The Americans just killed the one guy that defeated ISIL in line with US's own mission.
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5 years
@mrjamesob Yes. But we made all those things taste worse. Hence British.
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6 years
My latest: Palestinian Bedouin wait for the bulldozers to destroy their village.
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9 years
It's been a year since #Mosul fell to ISIL. Iraqi army crumbled. Some called that a tactical withdrawal. Mosul still remains in ISIL hands.
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9 years
#Iraq economy in crisis. Watch on AJE 15GMT today.
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10 years
The Baghdad Bureau show solidarity with our jailed colleagues. #Iraq #FreeAJStaff http://t.co/Mv0lHZPQbk
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With fanfare the Green Zone was announced open to public in #Baghdad . PM came himself. Today the only entrance open is shut for maintenence
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#Iran #25Bahman : Thousands of protesters now marching in Tehran. Police has responded with tear gas. Police are attacking with batons
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5 years
@DVATW @AssedBaig @thebrownhijabi Ok. I wasn't going to get to get involved but you David need need a history lesson and class on racism. Now. Are you brave enough to take me on? Happy to do it in private.
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3 years
My friend and colleague Safwat who is reporting outside bombed out Al Jazeera building that also housed AP put it best. 'They won't stop us reporting. We have a plan B. A plan B. They won't silence us.' #AlJazeera #JournalismIsNotACrime #warongaza #PalestineUnderAttack
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5 years
@HeshmatAlavi @osamabinjavaid That account is notoriously unreliable and probably a fake:
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2 years
CNN mount an investigation into Shireens killing, The results speak for themselves.
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'They were shooting directly at the journalists': New evidence suggests #Shireen_Abu_Akleh was killed in targeted attack by Israeli forces
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On Oct 19th, i was covering war on Gaza, my novel was launched. I didn't want to do any kind of publicity for it but. Now I'm out of Palestine and you can buy it here. % of profits will go to gaza medical charities.
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5 years
Dear TV anchors. You say 'Iran' so why do you say 'Eye-ranian'?
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5 years
@Josiensor @leloveluck @dlknowles @BarhamSalih Perhaps all brown people look the same to the White House...
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Imran Khan
6 years
I'm funny tinged. That was bad. Turns out I can now have my c'ship revoked because parents were immigrants, (I hold Brit passport as do they) I have no other nationality. Javid, the Brit Home sec, thinks this is all ok. What price power? The price of injustice, racism and hate
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8 years
Now you people remember Aleppo. It's a bit fucking late.
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4 years
All middle east correspondents be like, when do we write this? 'The Internationally recognised government of Joe Biden issued a statement demanding that Russian backed Donald Trump end his illegal occupation of the white house. Biden called UN to help solve the crisis. '
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10 years
#MustSeeIran Rose water festival preparations, Kashan http://t.co/fGJMpzGeA4
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4 years
@SanaSaeed Welcome to my world.
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6 years
My novel has finally arrived home. It's looks great!
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4 years
The legend that is @StefanieDekker ....
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4 years
#mogulmowgli is brilliantly dark, brooding intense film with incredible performances from @rizwanahmed and @AlyyKhan06 . I can't stop thinking about it. An instant classic directed with both sympathy and powerfully by @curry_crayola . A must watch @BFI #classicbritishfilm
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6 years
I'm writing about Iraq, but with allegations of electoral fraud, protests, electricity shortages and forming a coalition government I could be writing about Pakistan.
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7 years
"Shooting down #Israel jet is a clear message  The days of carrying out attacks inside #Syria are gone. Any new attack will be confronted Iran stands by Syria against any foolish move by #Israel ." Spox, Iran Comission on Nat Sec and Foreign Policy Hossein Naqavi Hosseini
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5 years
I trust @bobbyfriction with my life, and with my music. He just told me that the next @rizwanahmed album is pure fire. I believe him. It drops soon. I'm excited. When it drops I'mma play it all over Palestine where I currently am.
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9 years
Years of reporting from worlds frontlines it is my biggest fear. I never thought it could happen in the US. Thoughts are with the families.
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10 years
You people made me do this... @AtiehS @PoliticallyAff #MustSeeIran The oldest Zoorkhaneh in Tehran. http://t.co/7PXPsmEFmu
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Hey all. Please join me on @ajthetake podcast at 0930gmt Monday where I will be talking about what I have been reading during lockdown, and how it's helped me through this unusual moment in time for us all. @aljazeeraenglish #Isolationlife #persianpoetry #facesoflove
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As a journalist I am very used to hate mail. At times my inbox and my social media can look like it has been hijacked by every hate group. But this floored me. Sent in August by post someone has hand mad some artwork to thank me for my work! Thank you! #post #Letters #artbypost
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@KarlreMarks Holi? Holi ka Din?
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4 years
14 years ago we launched Al Jazeera English. I wasn't sure I would be still here, but here I am. Working for one of the best international news networks on the planet. This is a photo from prelaunch in Afghanistan taken by @alex .gat.10 Happy Birthday @aljazeeraenglish ! #TVnews
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4 years
share and make this number one on the day we leave Europe!
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Asian Dub Foundation & Stewart Lee - Comin' Over Here Help make this the UK's No.1 single the very moment we leave the EU. Download links will appear on this video on Christmas Day. Buy the track between 25/12 and 31/12 to count to the January 1st chart
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Some housekeeping. I'm not the Pakistani cricketer turned politician. I'm not the Bollywood actor. I'm not the British human rights lawyer.
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My latest on the fears of Kashmiris on both sides of the LoC #Pakistan #India #Kashmir #AlJazeera
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'I want to do a PHD defense. I haven't actually done a PHD. I just like arguing with people who spent a lifetime studying a topic whilst I just googled Coronavirus + 5G masts.' British Twitter.
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11 years
And once again #Musharaff really regrets opening that Facebook account....
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#Iraq shuts down Al Jazeera offices Baghdad citing code of conduct. Disappointed. In 3 years they never once complained about my reporting.
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9 years
Sean Penn just invented a new type of journalism. Biopic marketing. Next. Clooney to interview Baghdadi with the...
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5 years
The best ending for Game Of Thrones is everyone with a claim to the throne dies, the people rise up and an parliamentary democracy is instilled with elections every 4 years. Then Sisi takes over in a few years.
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4 years
My latest: How we mourn in the time of Coronavirus.
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4 years
RIP Eugene Manzi. A legendary figure in the Music industry, and a man who took me to LA with a very memorable trip with @ADFofficial . The man had stories, from his time as one of the original Mods, to his time in the music business. A smartly dressed legend.
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#illridewithyou . Australia. That's very cool of you.
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4 years
Now that law enforcement in the US capital are using Flash bang grenades/smoke grenades do you think the protesters will put on masks?
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8 years
4 years then Michelle.
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Make Turkey Ottoman again.
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Before we were thrown out of Sudan, before the sit-in was brutally dispersed by the army, before unarmed protesters were killed and Injured, before women were raped I was given this flag signed by people at the…
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2 years
I just got told that 8am 'is late breakfast' and now nothing in my universe makes any sense anymore.
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6 years
Eid Mubarak to all.
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If the reports of rockets fired at Balad airbase and the US Embassy Baghdad are true, then I will bet that this isn't Iran, which is considering it's response but the PMF who have less patience and want revenge for the death of Muhandis.
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10 years
Great news. Abdullah Elshamy is to be freed. Now #Freeajstaff Mohamed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed, Peter Greste.
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#Iraq . 94 ISIL fighters killed in Iraqi airstrikes across Anbar and Salahudeen Province: Iraqi authorities.
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#Istanbul Me: "Can I pay in euros?" Cafeperson: "No! Where do you think you are? Europe?"
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Being Muslim in Australia just got worse, so thanks for that people who decided a chocolate shop was a good idea.
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You thought I was a boring dinner guest before the killing of #Soliemani ? You have no idea.
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Remember those that fought. Remember the victims of those wars. But always question the motives of the politicians that sent them to fight. Never forget.
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It's up! @AJTheTake Coronavirus book club, take a listen what myself, @MIJamjoom @StefanieDekker have been reading to in the time of Coronavirus and why reading has been a refuge. #persianpoetry #newyork #marukami
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4 years
My latest: Britain was built on the backs, and souls, of slaves.
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13 dead in Khartoum, 1 in Om Durman, according to activist. death toll could well be much higher. Some protestors are blunt. Without backing from Saudi, UAE, Egypt there would be no blood on the streets of Khartoum. Can still hear sporadic gunfire. #SudanUprising #SudanProtests
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On tonight's #insidestory (and after a conversation with jackybasil that inspired the topic) police reform in the US. Should it happen and what would it look like if it did. Join us at 1730GMT on @ajenglish #TVnews
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Manchester, England. The city I was born in. The city that will not give into hate.
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Ivanka comes to doha. This is her motorcade. The chilli''s delivery guy is try to overtake them. #DOHALIFE #trump #us #dohaforum
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8 years
Hey Turkey. When we say we are going to do a coup. We do it. Yours, Pakistan.
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9 years
highly recommend Dinner with Saddam @ the mernier choc factory in London. It's funny in fawlty towers sense and biting satire. @TVSanjeev
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I'm not American so I really don't do Thanksgiving, but you know what? What is wrong with saying thanks? I give thanks for my family and my friends, people who love me and have cared for me, particularly over this last month when I needed it most.
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@Kev_Norfolk @CornershopHQ the best way to alienate a bands following is to stop them playing gigs in Europe because this British government decided one of the most profitable British industries wasn't worth fight for.
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