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'''Jason Burke''' (born 1970) is a British journalist and the author of several non-fiction books. A [[correspondent]] covering Africa for ''[[The Guardian]]'', he is currently based in Johannesburg, having previously been based in New Delhi as the same paper's South Asia correspondent.<ref name=profile/> In his years of journalism, Burke has addressed a wide range of topics including politics, social affairs and culture in Europe and the Middle East.<ref name=profile>{{Cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jasonburke| title = Jason Burke Profile | work = [[The Guardian]]| access-date = 28 October 2016 | location=London | date=28 October 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/worldview/page/0,11916,715400,00.html |title=Worldview highlights: Jason Burke |publisher=[[The Observer]] |location=London |access-date=2010-05-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228172120/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/worldview/page/0%2C11916%2C715400%2C00.html |archive-date=28 February 2008 }}</ref> He has written extensively on [[Islamic extremism]] and, among numerous other conflicts, covered the wars of 2001 in [[Afghanistan]] and 2003 in [[Iraq]], the latter of which he described as "entirely justifiable from a humanitarian perspective".<ref>{{Cite web |last = Burke |first = Jason |date = 1 May 2004 |title = Think Again: Al Qaeda |url = https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2004/05/01/think_again_al_qaeda |work = [[Foreign Policy]] |access-date = 15 June 2014 }}</ref>

In 2003, Burke wrote ''[[Al-Qaeda: Casting a Shadow of Terror]]'', which was later updated and republished as ''Al-Qaeda: The True Story of Radical Islam''. [[Noam Chomsky]] described it as the "best book there is" on [[Al-Qaeda]].<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/3732345.stm | work=BBC News | title=Noam Chomsky | date=20 May 2004 | access-date=2010-05-05}}</ref> He was interviewed in the 2004 BBC documentary ''[[The Power of Nightmares]]''. In 2006, he wrote ''[[On the Road to Kandahar: Travels through Conflict in the Islamic World]]''.

==Biography==
Burke attended [[Oxford University]]. For four years, he held a position as an investigative reporter at the ''[[Sunday Times]]''.<ref name=Asharq/> He relocated to Pakistan in 1998 to cover events there and in [[Afghanistan]]. During this period, he also travelled to [[Baghdad]] and [[Basra]]. Around 2000, he was hired by ''The Observer'' to serve as its chief foreign correspondent.<ref name=Asharq/> Since then, he has become the South Asia correspondent for ''The Guardian'', ''The Observer'''s sister publication, as well. As of 2010, he is based in New Delhi.

Prior to his assignment to New Delhi, Burke was based in [[Afghanistan]], Pakistan, and Paris,<ref name=profile/><ref name=Asharq>{{Cite news| title = Asharq Al-Awsat Talks to Jason Burke | last = Al Shafey | first = Mohamed | date = 22 May 2009 | work = [[Asharq Al-Awsat]] | url = http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=5&id=16812 | access-date = 2 March 2010}}</ref> but his work has taken him to many locations. According to a book review in 2006 in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', Burke "is one of the journalistic band of brothers whose job is to get to the trouble spots ahead of the TV crews and show the electronic media what it is all about".<ref name=mosque>{{Cite news| title = The mosque militant | last = Philps | first = Alan | work = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | date = 25 June 2006 | access-date = 2 March 2010 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3653348/The-mosque-militant.html | location=London}}</ref> His travels have included [[Gaza City|Gaza]], [[Kurdistan]], [[Thailand]], [[Algeria]], and [[Jordan]], among others.<ref name=Asharq/><ref name=mosque/>
Burke also wrote "On the Road to Kandahar", and more recently the critically acclaimed "9/11 Wars" released in October 2011 which he discusses in detail in issue 5 of [[Umbrella Magazine]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Umbrella Issue Five|url=https://issuu.com/umbrellamagazine/docs/low|access-date=2021-08-27|website=Issuu|language=en}}</ref>

According to an article in ''[[Asharq Al-Awsat]]'' in 2009, Burke was the "first journalist to conduct an interview with President [[Pervez Musharraf]] after he seized power in Pakistan in October 1999" and "the first western journalist to enter the Afghan city of Khost during the US war in Afghanistan".<ref name=Asharq/>

==Bibliography==
*''[[Al-Qaeda: The True Story of Radical Islam]]'' ({{ISBN|1-85043-666-5}})
*''[[Al-Qaeda: Casting a Shadow of Terror]]'' ({{ISBN|1-85043-396-8}})
*''[[On the Road to Kandahar: Travels through Conflict in the Islamic World]]'' ({{ISBN|0-385-66236-X}}), ({{ISBN|0-7139-9896-2}})
*''[[The 9/11 Wars]]'' ({{ISBN|978-0141044590}})
*''[[The New Threat: The Past, Present, and Future of Islamic Militancy]]''

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.guernicamag.com/features/burke_10_1_11/ Guernica: A Magazine of Art and Politics: "The Price of Oranges"]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051228182016/http://www.liberaloasis.com/burke.htm LiberalOasis Interviews Jason Burke]
*[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jul/13/alqaida.bookextracts Extract: ''Al-Qaeda: Casting a Shadow of Terror'']
*[http://issuu.com/umbrellamagazine/docs/low#embed Article in online magazine], [[Umbrella Magazine]]

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