Patrick Graham (journalist)

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Patrick Graham is a Canadian journalist and screenwriter born in 1965 and best known for his coverage of the Iraq War. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] For many years he was associated with the National Post, but his work has appeared in a variety of print outlets, including The Guardian, The Observer, The Globe and Mail, The Walrus, and Harper's Magazine. [6] [7] [8] [9] A memoir relating to his experience of the Libyan Revolution and the Arab Spring, The Man who went to War, appeared in 2012. [10]

The 2011 film Afghan Luke is based on his work, [11] [12] and he developed the story and co-wrote the script for this film. [13] [14] He also co-produced and co-wrote the 2022 film Horoz Dövüşü (Game Birds). [15] [16] [17]

In 2016 he was admitted honoris causa to the degree of Doctor Civilis Legis (DCL) of the University of King's College in Halifax. [18] [19] [20]

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  2. ↑ "The Sky Was Falling". The New York Times Magazine . 30 March 2003.
  3. ↑ "A Year with the Sunnis in Fallujah". National Public Radio. 29 May 2004.
  4. ↑ "Overseas Press Club of America: Ed Cunningham Award 2004". Ed Cunningham Awards. 14 April 2005.
  5. ↑ "Schork Award" (PDF). Schork Awards. 2005.
  6. ↑ Graham, Patrick. "Beyond Fallujah: A year with the Iraqi resistance". Harper's Magazine .
  7. ↑ "Patrick Graham". Foreign Policy Magazine . 22 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "The Eye of the Storm". 22 May 2024.
  9. ↑ Graham, Patrick. "Among the banana eaters". Harper's Magazine .
  10. ↑ "The Man who went to War". 22 May 2024.
  11. ↑ "Afghan Luke".
  12. ↑ "Afghan Luke".
  13. ↑ "Afghan Luke". IMDb .
  14. ↑ "Patrick Graham".
  15. ↑ "Horoz Dövüşü". IMDb .
  16. ↑ "Horoz Dövüşü".
  17. ↑ "Game Birds". June 2023.
  18. ↑ "Honorary Degrees".
  19. ↑ "Dr Patrick Graham". 25 October 2016.
  20. ↑ "Patrick Graham, DCL '16" (PDF).


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