Patrick Graham (journalist)

{{Short description|Journalist (born 1965)}}

{{Other people|Patrick Graham}}

Patrick Graham is a Canadian journalist and screenwriter born in 1965 and best known for his coverage of the Iraq War.{{Cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2004/06/01/embedded-with-the-resistance/44a7226b-ae15-4801-9eaf-5540a6f614d2/ | title=Embedded With the Resistance| newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/30/magazine/the-sky-was-falling.html | title=The Sky Was Falling| work=The New York Times Magazine| date=30 March 2003}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/2004-05-28/a-year-with-the-sunnis-in-fallujah?_amp=true | title=A Year with the Sunnis in Fallujah|publisher=National Public Radio| date=29 May 2004}}{{Cite web | url=https://opcofamerica.org/Awardarchive/ed-cunningham-award-2004-1/ | title=Overseas Press Club of America: Ed Cunningham Award 2004|publisher=Ed Cunningham Awards | date=14 April 2005}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.ksmfund.org/files/awards-2005.pdf | title=Schork Award|publisher=Schork Awards | date=2005}} For many years he was associated with the National Post, but his work has appeared in a variety of print outlets, including The Guardian, The Observer, The Globe and Mail, The Walrus, and Harper's Magazine.{{Cite magazine | url=https://harpers.org/archive/2004/06/beyond-fallujah/ | title=Beyond Fallujah: A year with the Iraqi resistance| magazine=Harper's Magazine| last1=Graham| first1=Patrick}}{{Cite web | url=https://foreignpolicy.com/author/patrick-graham/ | title=Patrick Graham | work=Foreign Policy Magazine|date=22 May 2024}}{{Cite web | url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/03/25/the-eye-of-the-storm-3/ | title=The Eye of the Storm| date=22 May 2024}}{{Cite magazine | url=https://harpers.org/archive/2011/10/among-the-banana-eaters/ | title=Among the banana eaters| magazine=Harper's Magazine| last1=Graham| first1=Patrick}} A memoir relating to his experience of the Libyan Revolution and the Arab Spring, The Man who went to War, appeared in 2012.{{Cite web | url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/224515/the-man-who-went-to-war-by-patrick-graham/9780385679275 | title=The Man who went to War| date=22 May 2024}}

The 2011 film Afghan Luke is based on his work,{{Cite web | url=https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/afghan-luke/Film?oid=2566483 | title=Afghan Luke}} and he developed the story and co-wrote the script for this film.{{Cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1680305/ | title=Afghan Luke| website=IMDb}}{{Cite web | url=https://hazlitt.net/authors/patrick-graham | title=Patrick Graham}} He also co-produced and co-wrote the 2022 film Horoz Dövüşü (Game Birds).{{Cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14685602/ | title=Horoz Dövüşü| website=IMDb}}{{Cite web | url=https://filmfestankara.org.tr/horoz-dovusu-game-birds | title=Horoz Dövüşü}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/636981733/game-birds-at-nyc-independent-film-festival | title=Game Birds| date=June 2023}}

In 2016 he was admitted honoris causa to the degree of Doctor Civilis Legis (DCL) of the University of King's College in Halifax.{{Cite web|url=https://ukings.ca/news/kings-to-install-25th-president-and-confer-two-honorary-degrees/|title=Honorary Degrees}}{{Cite web|url=https://ukings.ca/news/dr-tracey-lindberg-and-dr-patrick-graham-receive-honorary-degrees-at-president-laheys-installation/|title=Dr Patrick Graham|date=25 October 2016 }}{{Cite web|url=https://ukings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GrahamcitationDCL16.pdf?x19558|title=Patrick Graham, DCL '16}}