Nir Rosen
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Born | 17 May 1977 ![]() New York City ![]() |
Occupation | Journalist ![]() |
Nir Rosen (born May 17, 1977[1] in New York City) is an American journalist and chronicler of the Iraq War, who resides in Lebanon.[2] Rosen writes on current and international affairs. In 2014 he was a special adviser for the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, a conflict resolution NGO.[3]
Journalistic and academic work
Nir Rosen was born in
He has regularly contributed to leading periodicals, such as
From 2005 to 2008, Rosen was a fellow at the
In 2010, he published his second book, Aftermath. From 2008 to 2011, Rosen was a fellow at the
In March 2011, Mary Kaldor, Co-Director at the Center for Global Governance at the London School of Economics had hired Rosen as a research fellow to work on North Africa.[12] This created controversy due to Kaldor's involvement in the LSE–Gaddafi affair.[13] After two days, Rosen resigned from his position as a fellow at the London School of Economics. An LSE spokesman said, “Nir Rosen today resigned his temporary visiting fellowship at LSE—which was an unpaid position.”[14]
Controversy
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In February 2011, Rosen commented to his
Beliefs and views
In April 2008, when asked by then-Senator Joe Biden what could be done to improve the situation in Iraq, Rosen replied: "As a journalist, I'm uncomfortable advising an imperialist power about how to be a more efficient imperialist power. I don't think we're there for the interests of the Iraqi people. I don't think that's ever been a motivation."[22]
Bibliography
- Books
- In the Belly of the Green Bird: The Triumph of the Martyrs in Iraq, New York: Free Press, 2006. ISBN 0-7432-7703-1
- (as paperback) The Triumph of the Martyrs: A Reporter's Journey into Occupied Iraq, Potomac Books Inc., 2008. ISBN 1-59797-184-7
- (as paperback) The Triumph of the Martyrs: A Reporter's Journey into Occupied Iraq, Potomac Books Inc., 2008.
- Aftermath: Following the Bloodshed of America's Wars in the Muslim World, Nation Books, 2010. ISBN 1-56858-401-6
- Articles (excerpt)
- "If America Left Iraq: The case for cutting and running" The Atlantic Monthly (December 2005).
- "Anatomy of a Civil War: Iraq's descent into chaos", Boston Review (November/December, 2006)
- "Nir Rosen on Iraq’s descent into civil war: 'This is a U.S. crime'". Socialist Worker (December 8, 2006 | Pages 6 and 7)
- "The Flight from Iraq", New York Times Magazine (May 13, 2007)
- "Riding Shotgun With Our Shadow Army in Iraq", Mother Jones (May/June 2007)
- "Al Qaeda in Lebanon: The Iraq war spreads" Boston Review (January/February 2008)
- "The Myth of the Surge", Rolling Stone (March 2008)
- "How we lost the war we won", Rolling Stone (October 2008)
- "Gaza: the logic of colonial power", The Guardian (December 2008)
- "How Did al-Shabab Emerge from the Chaos of Somalia?", Time (August 20, 2010)
- "Somalia's al-Shabab: A Global or Local Movement?", Time (August 20, 2010)
- "Western Media Fraud In The Middle East", Al Jazeera (May 18, 2011)
- "Yemen's Shia dilemma", Al Jazeera (May 24, 2011)
- "Among the Alawites", London Review of Books (September 27, 2012)
Critical reception
- Xenakis, Nicholas J. (Summer 2006). "T for Terrorist (book reviews of Alan Moore and David Lloyd, V for Vendetta; Nir Rosen, In the Belly of the Green Bird)". The National Interest (84): 134–138. Retrieved June 24, 2006.
References
- ^ "Nir Rosen, 1977–". Contemporary Authors Online, Biography in Context. Detroit: Gale. June 15, 2007. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
- Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
- ^ Thomas Pierret, 23 December 2014 pulse media
- ^ Gupta, Arun K. (book review) (Winter 2007). "Nir Rosen. In the Belly of the Green Bird: The Triumph of the Martyrs in Iraq; Loretta Napoleoni. Insurgent Iraq: Al Zarqawi and the New Generation; Thomas E. Ricks. Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq; Gabriel Kolko. The Age of War: The United States Confronts the World". Arab Studies Quarterly. 29 (1): 79–95. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
- ^ Rosen, Nir (March 6, 2008). "The myth of the surge". Rolling Stone. No. 1047. pp. 46–53. Archived from the original on February 26, 2008. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
- ^ "Is Afghanistan a lost cause?". Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates. NPR. November 16, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
- ^ "The American Academy in Berlin welcomes its Fellows and Distinguished Visitors for the Fall 2007 (press release)" (PDF). The American Academy in Berlin. September 1, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
- ^ "Hearing: Iraq after the surge: political prospects". U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. April 2, 2008. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-16-082997-0. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ^ "2007–2008 Fellows". Center on Law and Security, New York University School of Law. April 30, 2008. Archived from the original on April 30, 2008. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
- ^ Greenberg, Karen J. (February 16, 2011). "Official CLS statement on Nir Rosen". Center on Law and Security, New York University School of Law. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
- ^ "LSE hires writer who jeered at reporter's sex assault in Egypt | News". Archived from the original on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
- ^ "North Africa Research Programme.PDF".
- ^ "Nir Rosen quits LSE after Lara Logan Twitter comments". BBC News. March 29, 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ a b "CBS News' Lara Logan Assaulted During Egypt Protests". CBS News. 2011-02-15. Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
She was surrounded and suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating before being saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers.
- ^ Goldberg, Jeffrey (opinion piece) (February 15, 2011). "Maybe this Nir Rosen person should reconsider tweeting". TheAtlantic.com. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
- ^ Stockdale, Nicole (opinion blog) (February 15, 2011). "After Lara Logan news, maybe it's better to remain speechless". DallasNews.com. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
- ^ Williams, Mary Elizabeth (opinion piece) (February 15, 2011). "What not to say about Lara Logan". Salon.com. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
- HuffingtonPost.com. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
- Lewis, Matt (opinion blog) (February 16, 2011). "Nir Rosen resigns as NYU fellow after trashing Lara Logan on Twitter". PoliticsDaily.com. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
- HuffingtonPost.com. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
- ^ Khanna, Satyam (April 4, 2008). "Rosen: U.S. occupation in Middle East is ' imperialist.'". ThinkProgress.org. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
External links
- Nir Rosen's personal blog
- Nir Rosen at IMDb
- Nir Rosen on X
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Former Fellow at New America Foundation
- YouTube channel