Dahr Jamail, an unembedded journalist who has spent 8 months in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, will speak at Northwestern University in Evanston on Monday, November 7th at 7 pm. The event is in Coon Forum in Leverone Hall (2001 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60201). It is open to the public.

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Weary of the overall failure of the US media to accurately report on the realities of the war in Iraq for the Iraqi people and US soldiers, Dahr Jamail went to Iraq to report on the war himself.

His dispatches were quickly recognized as an important media resource and he is now writing for the Inter Press Service, The Asia Times and many other outlets. His reports have also been published with The Nation, The Sunday Herald, Islam Online, and the Guardian to name just a few. Dahr's dispatches and hard news stories have been translated into French, Polish, German, Dutch, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic and Turkish. On the radio, Dahr is a special correspondent for Flashpoints and reports for the BBC, Democracy Now!, and numerous other stations around the globe.

Dahr has spent a total of 8 months in occupied Iraq as one of only a few independent US journalists in the country. An eyewitness to the seige of Fallujah and other military operations in Iraq, Jamail testified in the World Tribunal on Iraq, disseminating the truth about the war in Iraq and highlighting the significance of justice for the Iraqi people. Now he is coming to tell you his story.