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Siraj Datoo

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Covers:  business, middle eastern politics, british politics, human rights, french politics, technology, consumer technology
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Siraj Datoo’s Biography

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I write about politics for BuzzFeed UK. Founder of the Morning Memo and The Student Journals

Have previously written extensively for the Guardian and Quartz. Also published in the Times, the Independent, the Telegraph and New Statesman.

Siraj Datoo’s Journalist Portfolio

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These companies are tracking the fitness of their employees

These companies are tracking the fitness of their employees

Staff at a London analytics company are obligated to take part in an experiment that sees them using a variet…

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This recycling bin is following you

This recycling bin is following you

Recycling bins in the City of London are monitoring the phones of passers-by, so advertisers can target messa…

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City of London halts recycling bins tracking phones of passers-by

City of London halts recycling bins tracking phones of passers-by

The City of London is halting a scheme that used recycling bins to track people as they walked by with their …

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Meet the man who builds things on water, from slum schools to $14 million villas

Meet the man who builds things on water, from slum schools to $14 million villas

Dutch architect Koen Olthuis specializes in building things that float. His structures, he concedes, use a si…

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The iPhone 5S just brought us closer to the internet of things and a world of constant surveillan...

The iPhone 5S just brought us closer to the internet of things and a world of constant surveillan...

Sensors have played a role in mobile devices for years, even if it was simply a compass designed to help phon…

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Remember: When the West eventually bombs Syria, its goal won't be to help Syria

Remember: When the West eventually bombs Syria, its goal won't be to help Syria

A week after what looks pretty certain to have been a chemical weapons attack led to the deaths of possibly a…

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Middle East crisis live: Iran sends mixed signals on talks after US seizes ship

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By Fran Singh , Murphy Marcos, Tom Ambrose , Siraj Datoo , Mark Saunokonoko , Yohannes Lowe 
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LIVE – Updated at 18:51 Official tells Reuters it is ‘positively reviewing' involvement in negotiations after earlier saying it had no plans for a new round of talks. In a post on Truth Social,US President Donald Trumpsaid the deal the US is negotiating with Iran will be “far better” than the 2015Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a deal signed by former President Barack Obama under which international sanctions were lifted in exchange for limitations on Tehran's nuclear program.
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Middle East crisis live: Iran sends mixed signals on talks after US seizes ship

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By Siraj Datoo , Yohannes Lowe , Mark Saunokonoko , Fran Singh 
| MSN UK
LIVE – Updated at 15:35 Official tells Reuters it is ‘positively reviewing' involvement in negotiations after earlier saying it had no plans for a new round of talks. Reuters is reporting that Israeli and ‌Lebanese representatives will hold talks in Washington ​on Thursday. Israel will be represented by its ​ambassador to ​the US, Yechiel Leiter, ‌the ⁠source told the news agency.
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Middle East crisis live: Ceasefire under pressure as Iran says it has no plans for talks after US seizes ship

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By Siraj Datoo , Yohannes Lowe , Mark Saunokonoko 
| MSN UK
LIVE – Updated at 13:01 Trump said on Sunday that US marines had taken custody of a vessel that tried to get past the American blockade on Iranian ports. Shortly after announcing a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah last week, Donald Trump said he'd be inviting Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a close ally, and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to the White House “for the first meaningful talks between Israel and Lebanon since 1983”, during the Lebanese civil war.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I interned at UK national newspaper, The Muslim News, when I was 18 and went on to write a column for them.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Nope - definitely before my time.

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

#creepingsharia

Awards

Muslim Writers Awards

2011 - Young Journalist of the Year
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Guardian Student Media Award

2013 - Digital Journalist

Shortlisted.

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