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Politics

Boris on the burka was straight out of Bannon’s playbook

Published by The i paper (13th August, 2018) Put aside, even if just for a moment, the future of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson. He is a sad […]

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Immigration / Policy / Race

Islamophobia should be called out

Published by The i paper (30th July, 2018) I went to get my eyes tested on Saturday and ended up in fascinating conversation with my optician. She told […]

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Europe / France

Should the Nice massacre be blamed on twisted devotion to religion?

Published by the i paper (18th July, 2016) Like so many children Yannis Coviaux loved the beach, playing in the sand and the sea. His father’s solitary consolation […]

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Europe / European Union / France / Immigration / Policy

To turn on refugees because of Paris is weak and wrong

Published by The Guardian (18th November, 2015) Should we ban white Australians from coming to Britain? After all, one misfit teenager from Melbourne became so disillusioned with western […]

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Africa / Aid / Europe / European Union

How does Europe look to an African?

Published in The Independent (February 17th, 2014) The other day I was chatting to an African friend when he asked a question that took me by surprise. “Is […]

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Policy / Race

Christians, Muslims and the reality of religious persecution

Published in The Guardian (April 22nd, 2013) It is hard not to laugh. Three Christians are taking a landmark legal case to the European Court of Human Rights […]

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Africa / Libya

This grave desecration does not mean Libya is out of control

Originally posted in The Guardian (March 5th, 2012) The morning had been spent dodging Muammar Gaddafi’s security stooges and talking to activists planning the uprising that erupted days […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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