Marjorie Lipan
The Animated Robert Fisk
Robert Fisk of The Independent at Low Library Rotunda of Columbia University, April 14, 2006 for a panel discussion on "Reporting War" (Co-sponsored by the Heyman Center for the Humanities and The Columbia University Human Rights Seminar).
From the Program Notes: "Robert Fisk is cuurently the Middle East correspondent for the British newspaper The Independent. He has covered conflicts in Northern Ireland, Israeli invasions of Lebanon, the Iranian Revolution, the Iran-Iraq war, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Gulf Wars, wars in Bosnia and Algeria, the NATO war with Yugoslavia, and the Palestinian uprisings. Fisk has received numerous awards including the British Press Awards' International Journalist of the Year seven times. Fluent in Arabic, Fisk is one of the few Western journalists to have interviewed Osama bin Laden (three times between 1994 and 1997). HIs latest book, The Great War for Civilisation--The Conquest of the Middle East (review), was published in 2005."
Recent articles in The Independent
Unofficial site of past articles from The Independent maintained by "a group of individuals"
Talk before New York's Society for Ethical Culture, April 7, 2006 (spoke for nearly 3 hours). Summary of talk.
Democracy Now transcript of a panel of people including Fisk, April 7, 2006, includes video of Fisk being interviewed. Much of what he says in the video he also said at Columbia University. Archives of Fisk on Democracy Now.
Znet on Middle East Watch by Robert Fisk
The New Mexican story, 9/22/05, in brief on US immigration's refusal to allow Fisk to board a plane to speak in Santa Fe, NM
The Animated Robert Fisk
Robert Fisk of The Independent at Low Library Rotunda of Columbia University, April 14, 2006 for a panel discussion on "Reporting War" (Co-sponsored by the Heyman Center for the Humanities and The Columbia University Human Rights Seminar).
From the Program Notes: "Robert Fisk is cuurently the Middle East correspondent for the British newspaper The Independent. He has covered conflicts in Northern Ireland, Israeli invasions of Lebanon, the Iranian Revolution, the Iran-Iraq war, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Gulf Wars, wars in Bosnia and Algeria, the NATO war with Yugoslavia, and the Palestinian uprisings. Fisk has received numerous awards including the British Press Awards' International Journalist of the Year seven times. Fluent in Arabic, Fisk is one of the few Western journalists to have interviewed Osama bin Laden (three times between 1994 and 1997). HIs latest book, The Great War for Civilisation--The Conquest of the Middle East (review), was published in 2005."
Recent articles in The Independent
Unofficial site of past articles from The Independent maintained by "a group of individuals"
Talk before New York's Society for Ethical Culture, April 7, 2006 (spoke for nearly 3 hours). Summary of talk.
Democracy Now transcript of a panel of people including Fisk, April 7, 2006, includes video of Fisk being interviewed. Much of what he says in the video he also said at Columbia University. Archives of Fisk on Democracy Now.
Znet on Middle East Watch by Robert Fisk
The New Mexican story, 9/22/05, in brief on US immigration's refusal to allow Fisk to board a plane to speak in Santa Fe, NM