Hadani Ditmars

My latest for @TheArtNewspaper theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/03/can…

My story this week on the @TorontoArts and the Azrieli foundation theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/25/azr… for @TheArtNewspaper

My story this week on excavations in Iraq at the ancient city of Alexandria on the Tigris for @TheArtNewspaper theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/25/exc… @UNESCO_DG @UNESCOIraq @UNESCOEU

My story for @TheArtNewspaper on damage to the @UNESCO world heritage site of Tyre theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/10/leb… @UNESCO_DG @UNESCOIraq @UNESCOEU

My story for @TheArtNewspaper on damage to @UNESCO world heritage sites theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/05/une… @UNESCO_DG @TRTWorldNow @UNESCOEU @UNESCOarabic

My front page story with photos on Iranian Christians in the @nationalpost nationalpost.com/news/iranians-…

My latest for @nationalpost a review of @VancouverOperas Cosi fan tutte nationalpost.com/entertainment/…

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is "devastated" by "horrific" shooting in remote part of western British Columbia province that killed nine people and partly targeted secondary school. Hadani Ditmars has more

Thanks for your kind donations so far friends - I'm now at 1% of my goal. Help me make it to 5% by tomorrow! gofund.me/8f2f2218

Fundraiser by Hadani Ditmars : Between Two Rivers - Book Fundraiser gofund.me/4e2f8af6

Thanks to your kind donations, we're only $595 shy of our fundraising goal! We're almost there. Let's keep the momentum going! I need to send the remaining deposit for the grave marker this week. gofund.me/08565917

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@thefeministfrnt trying to get a contact for Jenin Yaseen for story I'm doing for the art newspaper can you help?

Jenin Yaseen is a Palestinian artist located in Dearborn, Michigan. Nablus, her hometown, had taught her the significance of making art for the sake of life. Jenin Yaseen believes art can be a powerful tool to gather, mobilize, and inspire the community to action. #ERANow

The revolution will be rooted🌻 🎨 #ERANow artist of the week is Jenin Yaseen who said “centering Palestine, this piece illustrates the outrageous idea of reimagining a future that brings our people to life, harmony, love, community, prosperity, in the midst of the dark present”

@RichardJSpencer @thetimes Best of luck on your new venture in China Richard!

Public service announcement: today is my last as Middle East Correspondent for @thetimes. From next month I am returning to an old beat as China Correspondent (with a bit of global politics thrown in). It’s also my last day reporting from the Middle East after more than 14 years.

@SCHitchenFCDO Welcome in Baghdad

يسعدني وصولي إلى بغداد ، أنا أتطلع حقًا إلى رؤية جميع أنحاء العراق المختلفة والتعرف على العراقيين من جميع مناحي الحياة. كان شاي النومي بصرة لذيذاً جداً!

@RoryStewartUK He has a slightly Scottish accent !

Great to see our new Ambassador in Baghdad enjoying Basra tea….😎

@Hanifkureishi Your courage is inspiring dear Hanif. Reading your dispatches and sending love from Vancouver xo

A SMALL UPDATE Numerous petty disputes with one of the head nurses about whether I can or cannot have the door to my room left open. I have claustrophobia and hate to feel trapped. She claims that I must keep it closed. It’s difficult for me to argue with her since I feel nauseous all the time and now very weak. I can only eat fruit and yoghourt. I have been nauseous since I arrived back in London which is a month now. I am feeling increasingly despairing and doctors have failed to solve it, I think it’s the mixtures of meds I’m on. I feel odd in my body since my temperature control appears to have broken. I try to force myself to eat but it’s difficult and the food tastes like cardboard. The only relief is the visits of my friends and family. Otherwise I feel like a prisoner here in a totally alien environment. There is a discharge from my wound where I had my catheter operation and there may be an infection. I am waiting to find out. No good news this time except that I may be moving on in the next few days where there is a better neurological facility.    Sachin, my son, says I should note that interesting people have come to visit me and have had conversations amongst themselves about politics, food, sexuality, hospitals and various other subjects that are worth listening to. But I struggle to engage. However, I love to hear the voices and their enjoyment as they bring little pieces of the outside world into this room. Sachin thinks I will look back on this as an interesting time but at the moment it doesn’t feel like that at all. He says that perhaps it’s only when one looks back on their suffering do they find some meaning in it.   Your loving writer Hanif xx