PODCASTS

SHARMINI

SHARMINI

BRAINWASHED

BRAINWASHED

WHITE HOT HATE

WHITE HOT HATE

UNASCERTAINED

UNASCERTAINED

DO YOU KNOW MORDECHAI?

DO YOU KNOW MORDECHAI?

BOOKS & FILMS

POSSESSING EINSTEIN

POSSESSING EINSTEIN

THE PERFECT STORY

THE PERFECT STORY

GUANTANAMO’S CHILD: THE UNTOLD STORY OF OMAR KHADR

GUANTANAMO’S CHILD: THE UNTOLD STORY OF OMAR KHADR

A DECADE OF FEAR: REPORTING FROM TERRORISM’S GREY ZONE

A DECADE OF FEAR: REPORTING FROM TERRORISM’S GREY ZONE

Uyghurs: Prisoners of the Absurd

Uyghurs: Prisoners of the Absurd

GUANTANAMO’S CHILD: OMAR KHADR

GUANTANAMO’S CHILD: OMAR KHADR

THE INTERPRETERS

THE INTERPRETERS

THE WAY OUT

THE WAY OUT

PODCASTS

SHARMINI

Do You Know Mordechai?

BRAINWASHED

UNASCERTAINED

WHITE HOT HATE

BOOKS & FILMS

GUANTANAMO’S CHILD: THE UNTOLD STORY OF OMAR KHADR

A DECADE OF FEAR: REPORTING FROM TERRORISM’S GREY ZONE

UYGHURS: PRISONERS OF THE ABSURD

GUANTANAMO’S CHILD: OMAR KHADR

THE INTERPRETERS

THE WAY OUT

POSSESSING EINSTEIN

THE PERFECT STORY

ARTICLES

Somalia: Where Famine Is A Crime

Toronto Star
“MOGADISHU—The medical chart Abdisalam Osman’s mother uses to flick away flies says her youngest son suffers from acute malnutrition and the measles. A chest X-ray will soon reveal he also has tuberculosis.”

The Summer of Ford

New Yorker
The latest polls on Toronto’s mayoral election place the city’s incumbent mayor, Rob Ford, in second.

Gitmo’s Fallen Czar

Foreign Policy
Daniel Fried was the perfect man for the hardest job in Washington, but even he couldn’t close Guantanamo.

Shreddin’ in Yemen: Meet the skaters of Sanaa

Toronto Star
They walk through the Old City like visitors from the future. Sneakers shuffling along cobblestone laneways handcrafted centuries ago, emerging in and out of the shadows cast by towering gingerbread-like buildings.

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: A Primer

New Republic
What you need to know about the organization that gave us the Christmas bomber.

Ismail, maimed in Somalia, is thriving in Arctic Circle

Toronto Star
Teenager spirited out of Mogadishu after his limbs were hacked off by Al Shabab is adapting well to life in Norway, doing well in school and dreaming big.


      

ABOUT MICHELLE SHEPHARD
Michelle Shephard is an award-winning journalist, author, filmmaker and podcast host and producer and has covered issues of terrorism and civil rights since the 9/11 attacks. She is the co-founder of Frequent Flyer Films, a production company that focuses on challenging, character-driven films that tackle some of the most pressing issues of our time.