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Paul Cochrane
Paul Cochrane is a freelance journalist based in Beirut, where he has lived since 2002. He covers the Middle East and Central Asia for specialised publications, business magazines and newspapers. Paul’s work has been featured in over seventy publications, including ReutersThe Global TimesMoney Laundering Bulletin, and Petroleum Review. Educated in Britain, Paul earned a Master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies at the American University of Beirut.

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Another month, another year, another crisis: eleven years in Beirut

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July 2014

Paul Cochrane

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July 2014

Rumours of impending conflict can wreak a particular type of havoc. This is not as physically manifest as the brutality of war, but less...

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January 2017

Peace

Patrick Cottrell

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January 2017

Every morning as I walk to school through the dark blue decrepit world, I feel like I’m coming down...

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April 2015

The Incidental

Luke Melia

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April 2015

The automatic rifle fire was followed by an unnerving whistle at Ti’s ear. He gripped the shopping bags, grabbed...

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July 2011

Herat

Sam Duerden

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July 2011

At Kabul airport, a man I mistook for a foreigner.   A security guard, red-haired with blue eyes and...

 

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