Content deleted Content added
HouseOfChange (talk | contribs) BLP violation based on single press release see also Talk:Pepe_Escobar#"Context"_about_Escobar Tag: Reverted |
HouseOfChange (talk | contribs) needed citation was in text removed Tag: Reverted |
||
Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
Escobar has focused on [[Central Asia]], [[Russia]] the [[Middle East]], and [[Iran]] since the late 1990s.<ref>Sharma, Dinesh and Gielen, Uwe, "About the Contributors", ''The Global Obama: Crossroads of Leadership in the 21st Century'', Routledge 2013</ref> |
Escobar has focused on [[Central Asia]], [[Russia]] the [[Middle East]], and [[Iran]] since the late 1990s.<ref>Sharma, Dinesh and Gielen, Uwe, "About the Contributors", ''The Global Obama: Crossroads of Leadership in the 21st Century'', Routledge 2013</ref> |
||
Escobar has reported extensively from [[Afghanistan]].<ref name="KBOO2009">{{Cite web |url=https://www.kboo.fm/media/10417-pepe-escobar-about-afghanistan|title=Pepe Escobar about Afghanistan|work=KBOO FM |
|||
Escobar has reported extensively from [[Afghanistan]].{{cn|date=December 2020}} In August 2000, Escobar and two other journalists were arrested by the [[Taliban]], and accused of photographing a soccer match.<ref>Dartnell, Michael York, ''Insurgency Online: Web Activism and Global Conflict'', University of Toronto Press, 2006, p. 56</ref> |
|||
|quote=He was in Afghanistan and interviewed the military leader of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, Ahmad Shah Masoud, a couple of weeks before his assassination (Masoud: From warrior to statesman, Sept 11, 2001). Two weeks before September 11, while Pepe was in the tribal areas of Pakistan, 'The Asia Times' published his prophetic piece, Get Osama! Now! Or else. (Aug 30, 2001). Pepe was one of the first journalists to reach Kabul after the Taliban's retreat|date=March 16, 2009|access-date=August 29, 2021}}</ref> In August 2000, Escobar and two other journalists were arrested by the [[Taliban]], and accused of photographing a soccer match.<ref>Dartnell, Michael York, ''Insurgency Online: Web Activism and Global Conflict'', University of Toronto Press, 2006, p. 56</ref> |
|||
==Bibliography== |
==Bibliography== |
Revision as of 18:03, 21 January 2022
Pepe Escobar (born 1954) is a Brazilian journalist works who writes a column, The Roving Eye, for Asia Times Online and is a commentator on Russia's RT and Iran's Press TV. He writes regularly for Russia's Sputnik News, and previously wrote many opinion pieces for Al Jazeera.[1]
Escobar has focused on Central Asia, Russia the Middle East, and Iran since the late 1990s.[2]
Escobar has reported extensively from Afghanistan.[3] In August 2000, Escobar and two other journalists were arrested by the Taliban, and accused of photographing a soccer match.[4]
Bibliography
- Escobar, P. (2007), Globalistan: How the Globalized World is Dissolving into Liquid War, Nimble Books.
- Escobar, P. (2007), Red Zone Blues: A Snapshot of Baghdad During the Surge, Nimble Books.
- Escobar, P. (2009), Obama Does Globalistan, Nimble Books.
- Escobar, P. (2014), Empire of Chaos, Nimble Books.
- Escobar, P. (2015), 2030, Nimble Books.
- Escobar, P. (2016), 2030, suivi de Dialogues inactuels (Jorge Luis Borges), Éditions du Cercle.
References
- ^ Al Jazeera bio and articles of Pepe Escobar
- ^ Sharma, Dinesh and Gielen, Uwe, "About the Contributors", The Global Obama: Crossroads of Leadership in the 21st Century, Routledge 2013
- ^ "Pepe Escobar about Afghanistan". KBOO FM. March 16, 2009. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
He was in Afghanistan and interviewed the military leader of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, Ahmad Shah Masoud, a couple of weeks before his assassination (Masoud: From warrior to statesman, Sept 11, 2001). Two weeks before September 11, while Pepe was in the tribal areas of Pakistan, 'The Asia Times' published his prophetic piece, Get Osama! Now! Or else. (Aug 30, 2001). Pepe was one of the first journalists to reach Kabul after the Taliban's retreat
- ^ Dartnell, Michael York, Insurgency Online: Web Activism and Global Conflict, University of Toronto Press, 2006, p. 56
External links
- Manning, D. & Cotton, M. 2007, 'Embedded with Power: An interview with Pepe Escobar' (part 1, part 2), Mediabite, no date.
- Articles at Asia Times