Hadani ditmars biography

  • Hadani Ditmars is an author, journalist, and photographer who has reported from Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, and Iraq, often examining the human costs of.
  • Hadani Ditmars is a deputy editor at Elle Canada and writes for the BBC, CBC TV and Radio, Wallpaper*, New York Times, Independent and Time.
  • CAREER: Journalist and writer.

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    Selected Articles:

    Spirited Comeback (link)
    Wallpaper* January,

    Haaretz

    Canadians John Greyson and Tarek Loubani imprisoned in Egypt
    Haaretz (link)

    Bradford Synagogue Saved by Local Muslims
    Haaretz (link)

    Art Spiegelman profile
    Haaretz (PDF)

    Miko Peled profile "the General's Son"
    Haaretz (link)

    Palestinian support for Idle No More
    Haaretz (link)

    Gerry Judah profile
    Haaretz (PDF)

    Arab Theatre in London
    Haaretz (PDF)

    For Jerusalem's Palestinians, Israeli ID policies cast a long shadow
    Haaretz (link)

    Times Square: The centre of the universe (pdf)
    The Vancouver Sun July 6,

    The former home of late architect Arthur Erickson faces an uncertain future (link)
    Wallpaper* March,

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    Ditmars, Hadani

    ADDRESSES:

    Home—Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada.

    CAREER:

    Journalist and writer. Reporter in the Middle East, —; reporter in Iraq, —. Has also reported from Iran, North Africa, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Colombia, Indonesia, and Gaza; work has been broadcast on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).

    WRITINGS:

    Dancing in the No-Fly Zone: A Woman's Journey through Iraq (memoir), Olive Branch Press (Northampton, MA),

    Contributor to periodicals, including Time, New York Times, Newsweek, San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, Independent, Globe and Mail, Vanity Fair, Ms., Elle, and Vogue.

    SIDELIGHTS:

    Journalist Hadani Ditmars lives in Canada, but has reported from several countries in the Middle East. She took her first trip to Iraq in for the New York Times. While there, she saw the effects of then-president Saddam Hussein's oppressive regime. Harsh sanctions were inflicted on the Iraqi people, causing misery and despair. Yet, Ditmars also found that the Iraqis still celebrated their culture through art and music despite their misfortunes; artists spent what little money they had on supplies, and orchestras used broken instruments to play symphonies. Ditmars continued to travel to Iraq and re

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    Author Tags: Politics Travel

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    BOOKS:

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    Paper City Guidebook to Navigator (Phaidon, )

    [BCBW ] "Travel" "Politics"