Patrick Graham is a Canadian journalist and screenwriter born in 1965 and best known for his coverage of the Iraq War. For many years he was associated with the

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, but his work has appeared in a variety of print outlets, including The Guardian, The Observer,

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, The Walrus, and

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. A memoir relating to his experience of the Libyan Revolution and the Arab Spring, ''The Man who went to War'', appeared in 2012. The 2011 film Afghan Luke is based on his work, and he developed the story and co-wrote the script for this film. He also co-produced and co-wrote the 2022 film Horoz Dövüşü (''Game Birds''). In 2016 he was admitted ''

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'' to the degree of ''Doctor Civilis Legis'' (DCL) of the University of King's College in Halifax.

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Horoz Dövüşü (Game Birds)

Bullets, bombs and etiquette: Tips for Canada’s advisers in Iraq

''Damn the US and damn the resistance''

''We've had a lot of experience of US weapons''

Iraqi Insurgents

A Year with the Sunnis in Fallujah

Behind The Scenes In Iraq

Patrick Graham's Top 10 Books about War

The reporter, his foreign-minister father and the war that consumed them

Journalism & Theology: Our Recent Rediscovery of Islam

Life, the Revolution and Everything

Go Before You Die

''Pro Patria Vivere'': The Lure of the Libyan Front

Bombing ISIS Will Not Work

Why Are We Bombing ISIS? Our Government Has No Idea

The Eye of the Storm
* The Overseas Press Club of America
Ed Cunningham Awards 2004
* Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Kurt Schork Awards - 2005

The Man who Went to War
Living people War correspondents War correspondents of the Iraq War Canadian war correspondents Canadian newspaper reporters and correspondents War correspondents of the Yugoslav Wars People of the Libyan civil war (2011) 21st-century Canadian journalists Canadian male journalists Journalists from Toronto National Post people 21st-century Canadian screenwriters Canadian male screenwriters Screenwriters from Toronto Upper Canada College alumni University of King's College alumni Columbia University alumni Dalhousie University alumni 1965 births {{canada-journalist-stub