Read my Mail on Sunday interview with Liberian ex warlord General Butt Naked. A brutally honest confession of his past cannibalism, child sacrifice, use of child soldiers and the mass murder of thousands. A terrifying and remarkable story from a man who now lives as an evangelical preacher.
Tag Archives: Edna Fernandes
Mail on Sunday special report on Greece’s economic meltdown
May 12, 2010 – 2:48 am
Read my special report from Athens on the riots against economic reform as Greece seeks to avoid defaulting on its national debt — a crisis which threatens the entire Eurozone. See link
Post-Fidel Cuba experiments with economic reforms
May 12, 2010 – 2:43 am
As Cubans seek change and the country faces its toughest time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the post Fidel-Castro Cuban government is experimenting with economic reforms including capitalist-style bonus payments and desperately seeking foreign investment. See link
Talk at Jewish Historical Society: May 25 2010
April 14, 2010 – 3:22 am
I’ll be giving a talk at the Jewish Historical Society in London on 25 May 2010 at 7pm, on “The Last Jews of Kerala”.
Holy Warriors included in list of best books on Asia of last decade
April 14, 2010 – 3:13 am
Holy Warriors included in list of best books on Asia of the last decade. The list includes classics such as Colin Thubron’s Silk Road and Amithav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace. Take a look.
Talk at National Portrait Gallery Lit Festival: 15 March 2010
April 14, 2010 – 2:59 am
Come along to my talk at the National Portrait Gallery on 15 March 2010, as part of its Contemporary Literary Festival. 7pm in the Ondaatje Wing Theatre, West End, London.
Inside Britain’s sharia courts
July 7, 2009 – 2:48 am
Edna Fernandes reports for the Mail on Sunday Review in a cover story on Britain’s sharia courts. See blog for news link.
Talk at Global Forum for Freedom of Expression, Norway
June 18, 2009 – 2:47 am
I just got back from the Global Forum for Freedom of Expression in Oslo which discussed: The Right to Offend. An issue that has ramifications ranging from the Muslim world’s call for recognition of “Defamation of Religion” to the rise of the far-right and neo-Nazis in Europe. See blog.
Exclusive report on Sri Lanka’s war on terror in Mail on Sunday
May 5, 2009 – 3:10 am
Inside Sri Lanka’s so-called “concentration camps” and the story of a child suicide bomber. See Blog for link.
Deobandi Islam in India in History Today
April 7, 2009 – 2:23 am
Edna Fernandes writes in History Today on the origins of Deobandi Islam in India. Connect to the article on the blog page.
