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Columbia Journalism Review by Rachel Morris | Jul. 24, 2007 (Special Report)
What happened to Al Jazeera's Sami al-Haj

At first, his wife Asma told me, al-Haj's letters contained a lot of poetry. He wrote one poem called "sadly; the flame in her hand is sputtering in the storm. Will, first the light go out on the world, and then the statue crumble?" Full Story »

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James Ivers
2.4
 by James Ivers - Oct. 1, 2008

Not unexpectedly, this is one of the more one-sided stories I've read in some time. All of al-Haj's story may be true, but what little is presented of the other side is filled with snark and bias. This is an important topic, and it deserves to be covered in an even-handed manner. Too bad the author proved unable to do so.

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