Interview: Jay Bahadur, the Man who Chronicled the Somali Pirates

[Deeq A.]

Jay Bahadur became famous for, at age 24, traveling alone to Somalia to document the lives of the pirates raiding ships in the Gulf of Aden. He previously had little journalistic experience, no degree in the subject, and was on a tight budget. Nevertheless, his reports on the day-to-day lives and actions of the Somali pirates would appear in the world’s most widely-circulated newspapers from The New York Times to The London Times. He would later publish a book on the topic, which would inspire the Al Pacino film The Pirates of Somalia. On May 4th, he joined Merion West’s Erich Prince to discuss his experiences and thoughts on both the situation in Somalia and on journalism itself.

Source: Hiiraan Online