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|alma_mater=Strathclyde University | |alma_mater=Strathclyde University | ||
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| + | |description=Lecturer interested in the [[white helmets]] whom the [[UK Border Agency]] unsuccessfully tried to deport. | ||
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| − | '''Muhammad Idrees Ahmad''' is a | + | '''Dr Muhammad Idrees Ahmad''' is a lecturer in Digital Journalism at the [[University of Stirling]] in Scotland and a co-editor of ''PULSE''. He is a contributing editor at the [https://lareviewofbooks.org/ Los Angeles Review of Books,]<ref>''[https://www.aljazeera.com/profile/muhammad-idrees-ahmad.html "Al Jazeera biography"]''</ref> a columnist at ''The New Arab''<ref>''[https://pulsemedia.org/about/mia/ "PULSE biography - Idrees Ahmad"]''</ref> and the author of [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Road-Iraq-Making-Neoconservative-War/dp/0748693033/ref=sr_1_1 "The Road to Iraq: The Making of a Neoconservative War".]<ref>''[https://www.thenation.com/authors/muhammad-idrees-ahmad/ "The Nation biography"]''</ref> |
==Deportation threat== | ==Deportation threat== | ||
| − | In January 2012, Dr Ahmad won his appeal against a [ | + | In January 2012, Dr Ahmad won his appeal against a [[UK Border Agency]] bid to deport him after his bank balance slipped below £800. He was finally granted his “post-study work visa” after a judge in Glasgow found against the [[Home Office]] decision. His supporters have described it as a victory for common sense. Dr Ahmad, who came to Scotland in 2004 and studied at [[Strathclyde University]] in Glasgow, gaining a PhD in [[sociology]], was offered a job at an English university on a salary of around £35,000 a year, just days before learning he would be deported.<ref>''[https://www.scotsman.com/news/lecturer-faced-deportation-for-having-less-than-800-1-2073391 "Lecturer faced deportation for having less than £800"]''</ref> |
==Writing about Syria== | ==Writing about Syria== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:07, 30 August 2020
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| Alma mater | Strathclyde University |
| Interests | • Syria • White Helmets |
Lecturer interested in the white helmets whom the UK Border Agency unsuccessfully tried to deport. | |
Dr Muhammad Idrees Ahmad is a lecturer in Digital Journalism at the University of Stirling in Scotland and a co-editor of PULSE. He is a contributing editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books,[1] a columnist at The New Arab[2] and the author of "The Road to Iraq: The Making of a Neoconservative War".[3]
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Deportation threat
In January 2012, Dr Ahmad won his appeal against a UK Border Agency bid to deport him after his bank balance slipped below £800. He was finally granted his “post-study work visa” after a judge in Glasgow found against the Home Office decision. His supporters have described it as a victory for common sense. Dr Ahmad, who came to Scotland in 2004 and studied at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, gaining a PhD in sociology, was offered a job at an English university on a salary of around £35,000 a year, just days before learning he would be deported.[4]
Writing about Syria
- Syria in 2018 is not Iraq in 2003
- Syria and the case for editorial accountability
- Why Macron is wrong about Assad
- Is It Time for the US to Pull Out of Iraq and Syria?
A Document by Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
| Title | Document type | Publication date | Subject(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Outrage over killing of journalists is essential | Article | 11 November 2018 | Anna Politkovskaya Jamal Khashoggi Marie Colvin | Above all we need to protect the laws and institutions which would have protected Anna Politkovskaya, Marie Colvin and Jamal Khashoggi had they been universal. We need to treat a threat to journalists anywhere as a threat to journalists everywhere. |
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