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About Jan McGirk

Jan McGirk is an investigative journalist based in Jerusalem, where she now conducts research on conflict resolution.

Articles by Jan McGirk

Friday 17th November

A curse on difference: gays vs zealots in Israel

Jan McGirk, 17 November 2006
Amid Israel's wider security crises, the aggravation surrounding a gay-pride march provoked fleeting religious unity and a sense of liberty besieged, reports Jan McGirk in Jerusalem.
Thursday 12th October

Christians and Zionists: apocalypse row in Jerusalem

Jan McGirk, 12 October 2006
The "theo-con" ambitions of foreign evangelicals in Israel are challenging the delicate historical balance of Jerusalem's religious communities, reports Jan McGirk.
Tuesday 15th August

A blow to Israel's heart

Jan McGirk, 15 August 2006
The death of the soldier son of the prominent Israeli novelist and peace activist David Grossman symbolises the country's after-war wounds, reports Jan McGirk in Jerusalem.
Sunday 30th July

Israelity check

Jan McGirk, 30 July 2006
People in Jerusalem are keeping a nervous eye on the "situation". But – amid thousands of evacuees from the north, the diplomatic fallout of the Qana massacre, and the distant threat of Hizbollah rockets – life in Israel goes on, finds just-arrived Jan McGirk.
Sunday 11th June

Thailand's king and that democracy jazz

Jan McGirk, 11 June 2006
Thailand's revered King Bhumibol celebrates his sixty-year reign over a people and nation worried about endemic political uncertainty, reports Jan McGirk in Bangkok.
Monday 3rd April

Thaksin Shinawatra: the end of the affair

Jan McGirk, 3 April 2006
Thailand’s prime minister made a spectacular gamble – and lost. Jan McGirk, in Bangkok, reports.
Monday 27th February

Thailand's rising tide

Jan McGirk, 27 February 2006
In face of mounting protests Thailand's prime minister Thaksin Shinawtra is using all his political skills to secure his power, reports Jan McGirk in Bangkok.
Wednesday 21st December

Western NGOs and the tsunami test

Jan McGirk, 21 December 2005
A year on, western NGOs are being forced to learn some bitter lessons from their attempts to aid survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami, reports Jan McGirk.
Monday 28th November

Thailand's endemic insurgency

Jan McGirk, 28 November 2005
Muslim-majority southern Thailand is burning. Jan McGirk, in Bangkok, dissects the heart of a spreading conflict.
Tuesday 18th October

Kashmir: the politics of an earthquake

Jan McGirk, 18 October 2005
The jihadi-led aid efforts after the cataclysmic Kashmir earthquake expose deep fractures in Pakistani politics, reports Jan McGirk.
Sunday 2nd October

Bali's agony, Thailand's turmoil

Jan McGirk, 2 October 2005
Bali’s latest bombings and southern Thailand’s insurgency reflect the pressures of southeast Asia’s political and cultural border-zones, writes Jan McGirk in Bangkok.
Monday 1st August

Bali's message of dialogue

Jan McGirk, 1 August 2005
The tolerant, diverse Indonesian island of Bali, target of a terrorist assault in October 2002 that killed 202 people, has hosted an international, interfaith dialogue. Jan McGirk reports, and openDemocracy publishes the full text of the conference’s “Bali Declaration”.
Tuesday 26th April

Bambi vs Godzilla in Thailand

Jan McGirk, 26 April 2005
A corporation founded by Thailand’s prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is accusing a fearless young Thai journalist of libel. Jan McGirk is on the case of Supinya Klangnarong.
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