Draft:Medyan Dairieh



Medyan Dairieh (Arabic: مدين ديرية) is an award-winning British-Palestinian journalist, war correspondent, photojournalist, filmmaker, and film documentary producer. Dairieh has been covering conflicts and political crises in various countries such as Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Palestine, Lebanon, and Somalia. Dairieh has worked with different international news agencies, TV channels, newspapers, and news websites, including Al Jazeera Arabic and Vice News. He has produced several film documentaries from war-torn areas, but also from countries affected by famine and refugee crisis. He has also written documentary and investigative reports on human rights  ; on internally displaced persons in various countries at war   ; on asylum seekers and refugees  ; on arms production in Britain  ; on arms trade ; on conflicts and wars  ; and on Jihadism. More recently he has also written books on various Jihadist groups.

In 2011 Dairieh went to Libya to cover the military intervention in the country, where he spent time covering the rebels' fighting and their advance on Tripoli and the final defeat of Colonel Gaddafi’s forces. In 2014 the journalist gained access to Benghazi during the intense fighting in the city between a coalition of militias and General Khalifa Haftar’s forces, and from there he went on filming the ongoing civil war in Tripoli and other areas in the country.

In 2014 Dairieh visited Yemen and made a film highlighting the poverty, the political crisis, and the fabric tension in the country just before the latest conflict started. In 2015 Dairieh gained access to the Yemeni city of Aden despite being under siege, and during that time he filmed the documentary “The Siege of Aden”. After that, Dairieh went back to Yemen and continued covering the events in the war-ravaged country, including the dire humanitarian crisis stemming from the war.

At the beginning of the 2011 uprising Dairieh went to Syria to cover the situation in the country, which he continued to visit in order to document the conflict over the following years. In Syria Dairieh interviewed and filmed foreign fighters who had joined the Syrian opposition on the ground, and made a film documentary on them. Dairieh also met with the various groups fighting within the Syrian opposition, allowing them to express their motives for taking part in the conflict and their objectives, while also following them to the frontline and filming them in battle.

Dairieh meet the Al-Nusra Front in Syria and held interviews with senior leaders of the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front when the group had newly emerged. Moreover, Dairieh spent several weeks in Syria covering the Al-Nusra Front's fighting, and made a documentary about the Al-Nusra Front entitled “Inside the Battle: Al Nusra-Al Qaeda in Syria”.

Dairieh had also filmed the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Iraq and encountered the group in Syria while filming “Embedded with Al-Qaeda in Syria: ISIS and al-Nusra”. As soon as ISIS announced the establishment of the caliphate, Dairieh gained access to Raqqa while also travelling around the Islamic State (IS) territory in Syria and up to the town of Al-Qa’im in Iraq, when the Sykes-Picot agreement had been declared void by the Islamic State. Dairieh then produced a documentary about the Islamic State entitled “The Islamic State”, with the film being the first film documentary made from inside the Islamic State.

Dairieh's access and permission to film in the Islamic State have raised controversy, with accusations of “waiving the professional and ethical conditions of journalistic work” and even of "whitewashing the image” of ISIS being directed to him and Vice News following the release of "The Islamic State" film documentary. Some journalists have questioned the editorial control of the filming and the limits of journalism in such circumstances, while also underlying the risk of promoting “the political interests of the Islamic State”. Yet, according to journalist Damaris Colhoun, Dairieh's filming captures "nuances" of the Islamic State "that rarely surface in mainstream news outlets because they remain unknown, or do not fit the narrative". Indeed, in many regions he covered, Dairieh was able to communicate directly with the subjects of his filming through his native Arabic, thus exchanging thorough and meaningful dialogues without fixers nor mediators.

In the United Kingdom Dairieh has also covered anti-globalisation issues, environment and climate change, disarmament, including various campaigns and protests by Anarchist and Marxist groups. Among his work, Dairieh has also compiled several reports and documentaries about detainees in the Guantanamo prison, and he has met the families of Guantanamo’s detainees from a number of countries. In the past the journalist had also met senior leaders of the Taliban movement.

In May 2018 Dairieh visited southern Lebanon and filmed the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain Al Hilweh. In his documentary Dairieh highlights the marginalisation, destitution, and deprivation of the Palestinian refugees living in the camp, as well as the tension and lack of security caused by rival Palestinian factions and by some Jihadists residing there.

Dairieh has also written the book series “From inside the Jihadist movements” on Fatah al-Islam and the Al-Qaeda organisation. The books are the result of his extensive investigations on the ground, in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Afghanistan, Somalia, Lebanon, as well as in other countries.The book “Syria: Al-Qaeda’s New Home - Biography of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi" includes Dairieh’s biography of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, with the journalist exclusive information gathered from inside Al-Zarqawi’s close family and from a close circle of Al-Qaeda’s leaders.  In the same way Medyan claims that the book “Fatah Al-Islam: Origin and Destiny” includes an exclusive biography of Fatah Al-Islam’s leader, Shaker Al-Absi, with a precise reconstruction of the events surrounding his life and actions thanks to information disclosed by Al-Absi’s close family members and by other leaders within the organisation.   Both books include various documentation in addition to information on various high-ranking Al-Qaeda leaders.

Dairieh was injured a few times while carrying out his assignments, including while covering the fighting in Aleppo. Dairieh has received a number of awards including the Gold Award at the Hamburg International Festival of Photography, the Frontline Club Award for ‘Integrity, Courage, and Independent Spirit’ , and the Peabody Award.

Videos by Medyan Dairieh

Dairieh M. “British Nationals Fight with al Qaeda in Syria.” YouTube, uploaded by VICE News, 8 November 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jD146Rx80k

Dairieh M. “Embedded with Al-Qaeda in Syria: ISIS and al-Nusra.” YouTube, uploaded by VICE News, 22 January 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFZhQ4u2Cbg

Dairieh M. "A City Left in Ruins: The Battle for Aleppo." YouTube, uploaded by VICE News 21 May 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg5UEz_Ao0g

Dairieh M. (2014) “The Islamic State”, VICE News. https://video.vice.com/en_uk/video/The-Islamic-State/559ea2a9884e6b677d5e2b25

Dairieh M. “Yemen: A Failed State.” YouTube, uploaded by VICE New, 10 September 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ggen-595Ng

Dairieh M. “Life After Qaddafi — Libya: A Broken State”. YouTube, uploaded by VICE News, 12 Nov 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbqf27GIkaw&t=17s

Dairieh M. Settlers, Olives, and Occupation: Voices from the West Bank. YouTube, uploaded by VICE News, 13 Jan 2015.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc3hYl8aGwc&t=248s

Dairieh M. “The Siege of Aden.” YouTube, uploaded by VICE News, 31 July 2015. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKUMMdGIMDE

Dairieh M. “Seeking Refuge in Djibouti: Escape From Yemen”. YouTube, uploaded by VICE News, 17 August 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGmzAl2ttlU

Dairieh M. "Families on the Front Line in Syria." YouTube, uploaded by VICE News, 29 March 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxaAlezfWAQ&t=380s

Dairieh M. “The 2017 drought and famine crisis in Somaliland.” YouTube, uploaded 12 Jan 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUyd6VJwhsI

Dairieh M. "The Ein al-Hilweh refugee camp: the capital of the diaspora." YouTube, uploaded 17 July 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAkzAG0vB_Q

Articles and reports by Medyan Dairieh

Dairieh M. ‘Sit-in in solidarity with Gaza outside a British arms factory’, Al Jazeera Net, 30 December 2008. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2008/12/30/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC-%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%B9-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7

Dairieh M. 'Security alert in London to protect the G20 summit and confront the protests', Al Jazeera Net, 01 April 2009. Available in Arabic at:https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2009/4/1/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86-%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%82%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86

Dairieh M. ‘British public’s rejection of the arms industry’, Al Jazeera Net, 9 June 2009. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2009/6/9/%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B6-%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD

Dairieh M. ‘French police storm a refugee camp’, Al Jazeera Net, 22 September 2009. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2009/9/22/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A9-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%AE%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%86

Dairieh M. ‘Warning between the Taliban and the Afghan army’, Al Jazeera Net, 3 November 2009. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2009/11/3/%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A

Dairieh M. ‘Afghanistan refugees are part of the picture’, Al Jazeera Net, 5 November 2009. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2009/11/5/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A6%D9%88-%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A1-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9

Dairieh M. ‘From Guantanamo to the misery of living in Kabul’, Al Jazeera Net, 7 November 2009. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2009/11/7/%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88-%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84

Dairieh M. ‘British man storms factory of weapons used in Gaza’, Al Jazeera Net, 2 July 2 2010. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2010/7/2/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%B9-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AC%D9%84-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9

Dairieh M. ‘Sit-in in Britain against Guantanamo’, Al Jazeera Net, 12 January 2011. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2011/1/12/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%B6%D8%AF-%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88

Dairieh M. ‘British of Libyan descent among the rebels’, Al Jazeera Net, 6 April 2011. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2011/4/6/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%B5%D9%84-%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D8%B6%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1

Dairieh M. ‘Rebels kissing the soil of Tripoli’, Al Jazeera Net, 24 August 2011. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2011/8/24/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%91%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B6-%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B3

Dairieh M. ‘Eviction notice for London protesters’, Al Jazeera Net, 21 November 2011. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2011/11/21/%D8%A5%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%AC%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86-2

Dairieh M. 'The Arab revolutions at an Amnesty International conference', Al Jazeera Net, 29 January 2012. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2012/1/29/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1-%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%81%D9%88

Dairieh M. ‘Displaced Afghans suffering in camps’, Al Jazeera Net, 20 March 2012. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2012/3/20/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AD%D9%88-%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AE%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA

Dairieh M. ‘Sit-in in London against arms exports to Israel’, Al Jazeera Net, 11 June 2012. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2012/6/11/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%B6%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84

Dairieh M. ‘Difficult conditions for thousands of Syrians near Türkiye's border. Al Jazeera Net, 30 August 2012. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2012/8/30/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%B5%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D9%84%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF

Dairieh M. "Rebels on the Bridge" documenting the revolutions of Libya and Syria”, Al Jazeera Net, 3 March 2013. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/culture/2013/3/3/%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%82-%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7

Dairieh M. 'A call to investigate Britain's involvement in torturing Palestinians', Al Jazeera Net, 03 April 2013. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/humanrights/2013/4/3/%D8%AF%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82-%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B7-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B0%D9%8A%D8%A8

Dairieh M. ‘In the weapons laboratories of rebels in Syria’, Al Jazeera Net, 29 May 2013. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2013/5/29/%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7

Dairieh M. ‘Al-Jazeera Net visits weapons manufacturing plant in Aleppo’, Al Jazeera Net, 14 September 2013. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2013/9/14/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%86%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A9

Dairieh M. ‘Britain: a safe haven for Syrians’, Al Jazeera Net, 31 January 2014. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2014/1/31/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B0-%D8%A2%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86

Dairieh M. 'A tortured Iraqi woman speaks in the British Parliament', Al Jazeera Net, 12 March 2014. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/humanrights/2014/3/12/%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D8%B0%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%AB-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86

Dairieh, M. "Al Nusra Unmasked: A Top Commander Speaks Exclusively to VICE News". Vice News, 04 November 2015

Books by Medyan Dairieh

Dairieh, Medyan (2021) Syria: Al-Qaeda’s New Home - Biography of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi. London: International photo Media. (In Arabic)

Dairieh, Medyan (2019) Fatah Al-Islam: Origin and Destiny. Egypt: Elmaktab.Elarabe.Llmaref. (In Arabic)

Dairieh, Medyan (2021) Fatah Al-Islam: Origin and Destiny. London: International Photo Media. 2nd edition (In Arabic)

Interviews with Medyan Dairieh

Al Arabiya "Groups | Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, leader of Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia - Part One". YouTube, Uploaded by Al Arabiya on 23 February 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ozellwHF2w

Beese, Yorck "An Interview on Islamic State’s Media Work in 2014 – Five Questions with Medyan Dairieh Part 1". 12 August 2020. https://gnet-research.org/2020/08/12/an-interview-on-islamic-states-media-work-in-2014-five-questions-with-medyan-dairieh-part-1/

Beese, Yorck "An Interview on Islamic State's Media Work in 2014 – Five Questions with Medyan Dairieh Part 2". 27 August 2020. https://gnet-research.org/2020/08/27/an-interview-on-islamic-states-media-work-in-2014-five-questions-with-medyan-dairieh-part-2/

Articles and cited sources on Medyan Dairieh

Al Jazeera Net. "Gold Photography Award to Al Jazeera Net" correspondent Dairieh, 11 September 2011. Available in Arabic at https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2011/9/11/%D8%B0%D9%87%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%86%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9

Al Jazeera net. 'Witnessing the meeting between Al-Nusra Front and the "Islamic State', 21 October 2013. Available in Arabic at: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2013/10/21/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9

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