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Covers:  activism, music, middle east, north africa, protest music, protests, social change, freedom of speech, war, conflict

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Torie DeGhett’s Biography

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Torie Rose DeGhett is a journalist, blogger and Arab rap enthusiast. Her work has appeared in outlets like The Guardian’s Comment is free, AlterNet, and Guernica. She is also a contributor to The Risky Shift, and formerly worked as a staff editor for Current Intelligence magazine. She runs The Political Notebook: her daily obsession and her outlet for wonkish news commentary and pent-up political snark. It has been linked to at various points by the likes of The NYT’s At War Blog, WSJ.com, and…

Torie DeGhett’s Journalist Portfolio

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Torie Rose DeGhett: Troubadours of the Revolution - Guernica / A Magazine of Art & Politics

Torie Rose DeGhett: Troubadours of the Revolution - Guernica / A Magazine of Art & Politics

"Singers and rap artists in the Middle East and North Africa have done more than simply provide the soundtrac…

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El Haqed, Morocco's hip hop revolutionary

El Haqed, Morocco's hip hop revolutionary

"Since the initial popularity of Moroccan rapper El Haqed's incendiary lyrics calling out police corruption a…

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The Rise Of The Far-Right In French Politics / theriskyshift.com

The Rise Of The Far-Right In French Politics / theriskyshift.com

"The events of this presidential election both recognize the newly gained power of the far-right movement in …

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The Rhythms of Egypt's Revolutionaries

The Rhythms of Egypt's Revolutionaries

"Music has been one of the most invigorating and beautiful forms of activism across the Middle East and North…

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Chaos in Karachi: Is America's Af/Pak War Sowing Bloodshed in Pakistan's Largest City?

Chaos in Karachi: Is America's Af/Pak War Sowing Bloodshed in Pakistan's Largest City?

Is Karachi's long hot summer of targeted killings and ethnic violence a window into Pakistan's future?

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Now That We Have Tasted Hope | Byliner Originals

Now That We Have Tasted Hope | Byliner Originals

"Now That We Have Tasted Hope-whose title is drawn from the poem "Now That We Have Tasted Hope," by Khaled Ma…

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Articles

The Political Notebook

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This Week in War. A Friday round-up of what happened and what’s been written in the world of war and military/security affairs this week.
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The (Not So) Great Wars and Modern Memory

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By Torie DeGhett
| thestrategybridge.org
When Phil Klay's book Redeployment was delivered to my apartment a few months ago, I was about to take a long subway ride down the eighty or so blocks to Columbia. I took the book with me. It wasn’t a good idea after all, to open it up and read the title story on the 1 train — crushed into the railing, rattling southward in the dark tunnel. My throat had closed up by the time I hit my stop. When I emerged out into the sunlight from underground, Sgt.
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The Political Notebook

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By Torie DeGhett
| thepoliticalnotebook.com
This Week in War. A Friday round-up of what happened and what’s been written in the world of war and military/security affairs this week.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Staff Editor for Current Intelligence

What does it mean to be a journalist?

To seek out the important stories that need telling and to make connections that need to be made.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

I've been pitched a number of ways... via email, Tumblr, Twitter... It all works for me.
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