Jason Burke

Jason Burke
Born1970
OccupationJournalist, author
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Genrenon-fiction
Notable worksAl-Qaeda: Casting a Shadow of Terror
On the Road to Kandahar

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.[1] 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.[1][2] 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".[3]

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.[4] 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.

  1. ^ a b "Jason Burke Profile". The Guardian. London. 28 October 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Worldview highlights: Jason Burke". London: The Observer. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  3. ^ Burke, Jason (27 October 2009). "Think Again: Al Qaeda". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Noam Chomsky". BBC News. 20 May 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2010.