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Bette Dam (born 1979) is a Dutch investigative [[journalist]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=NNPS |date=2023-05-30 |title=Balanced media crucial to bring peace in Afghanistan: Bette Dam |url=https://www.app.com.pk/national/balanced-media-crucial-to-bring-peace-in-afghanistan-bette-dam/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=looking for the enemy bette dam unravels the myth of mullah omar |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/reviews/story/looking-for-the-enemy-bette-dam-unravels-the-myth-of-mullah-omar-371462}}</ref>and [[author]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title='I want people to question the war on terror' – DW – 03/14/2019 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/bette-dam-i-want-people-to-question-the-war-on-terror/a-47915122 |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref>living in [[Brussels|Brussels, Belgium]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bette Dam {{!}} Journalismfund Europe |url=https://www.journalismfund.eu/journalists/bette-dam |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=www.journalismfund.eu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bette Dam Archives |url=https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/pubauthor/bette-dam/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Afghanistan Analysts Network - English |language=ps-GB}}</ref>
'''Bette Dam''' (born 1979) is a Dutch investigative [[journalist]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=NNPS |date=2023-05-30 |title=Balanced media crucial to bring peace in Afghanistan: Bette Dam |url=https://www.app.com.pk/national/balanced-media-crucial-to-bring-peace-in-afghanistan-bette-dam/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=looking for the enemy bette dam unravels the myth of mullah omar |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/reviews/story/looking-for-the-enemy-bette-dam-unravels-the-myth-of-mullah-omar-371462}}</ref> and [[author]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title='I want people to question the war on terror' – DW – 03/14/2019 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/bette-dam-i-want-people-to-question-the-war-on-terror/a-47915122 |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref> living in [[Brussels|Brussels, Belgium]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bette Dam {{!}} Journalismfund Europe |url=https://www.journalismfund.eu/journalists/bette-dam |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=www.journalismfund.eu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bette Dam Archives |url=https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/pubauthor/bette-dam/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Afghanistan Analysts Network - English |language=ps-GB}}</ref>


== Early life and Professional career ==
== Early life and Professional career ==

Revision as of 12:07, 28 January 2024

Bette Dam (born 1979) is a Dutch investigative journalist[1][2] and author,[3] living in Brussels, Belgium.[4][5]

Early life and Professional career

From 2002 to 2005, Dam studied political science with a specialization in International Relations at the University of Amsterdam.[6]

Dam has lived in Afghanistan since 2006,[7] traveled the country without the military, made investments in contacts, and only reported on the country.[8][9][10]

From 2009 to 2014, Dam lived in the Afghan capital Kabul, where she worked as a correspondent for NRC Handelsblad and Wereldomroep.[11][12]

Her book Expeditie Uruzgan was released in 2009.[13]

Since 2010, Dam also writes for Vrij Nederland.[14]

Dam published the book In Search of the Enemy in 2019,[15][16]she reports on her investigation into Taliban leader Mohammed Omar.[17]

She has appeared in media such as the BBC,[18]CNN, The Guardian[19] and Daily Times[20][21]

She contributes to The Guardian and Vrij Nederland, a Dutch magazine for her knowledge of Afghanistan. She teaches about Afghanistan at Paris’s esteemed École de Sciences Politiques.[22]

As an Author

  • A Man and a Motorcycle: How Hamid Karzai Came to Power (2014)[13][3]
  • The Secret Life of Mullah Omar (2019)[23]
  • Looking for the Enemy: Mullah Omar and the Unknown Taliban (2021)[24][25]

References

  1. ^ Desk, NNPS (2023-05-30). "Balanced media crucial to bring peace in Afghanistan: Bette Dam". Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  2. ^ "looking for the enemy bette dam unravels the myth of mullah omar".
  3. ^ a b "'I want people to question the war on terror' – DW – 03/14/2019". dw.com. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  4. ^ "Bette Dam | Journalismfund Europe". www.journalismfund.eu. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  5. ^ "Bette Dam Archives". Afghanistan Analysts Network - English (in Pashto). Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  6. ^ Bette Dam – Audio Books, Best Sellers, Author Bio | Audible.com.
  7. ^ AFP (2019-03-11). "Mullah Omar never visited Pakistan after 9/11 — let alone die there, new biography claims". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  8. ^ VOA Urdu Interviews Investigative Journalist Bette Dam, 2019-03-11, retrieved 2024-01-28
  9. ^ Qazi, Shereena. "Mullah Omar and the art of hiding in plain sight". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  10. ^ Dam, Betty (2022-01-31). "'Looking for the Enemy': Journalist Bette Dam's epic search for Taliban founder Mullah Omar". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  11. ^ "Mullah Mohammad Omar's final days: how new book contests US claims". The Indian Express. 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  12. ^ Dam, Bette. "Kunduz was always vulnerable". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  13. ^ a b Dam, Bette (2014). A Man and a Motorcycle: How Hamid Karzai Became Afghanistan's President. Ipso Facto Publishers. ISBN 978-90-77386-13-2.
  14. ^ "Bette Dam". Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  15. ^ "Searching for enemy: Dutch author awaits evidence on Mullah Omar's death". Daily Times. 2019-03-24. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  16. ^ "Dutch writer claims Mullah Omar lived within walking distance of U.S. base in Afghanistan". Khaama Press. 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  17. ^ "Author highlights intricacies of Mullah Omar's life, western media's distortion on Afghanistan". Dunya News. 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  18. ^ "Fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Omar 'lived close to US bases'". 2019-03-10. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  19. ^ Graham-Harrison, Emma (2019-03-10). "Fugitive Taliban leader lived short walk from US base, book reveals". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  20. ^ "Searching for enemy: Dutch author awaits evidence on Mullah Omar's death". Daily Times. 2019-03-24. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  21. ^ "conversation with bette-dam".
  22. ^ "Bette Dam | Journalismfund Europe". www.journalismfund.eu. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  23. ^ Dam, Bette (2019). The Secret Life of Mullah Omar. Zomia Center.
  24. ^ Dam, Bette (2021). Looking for the Enemy: Mullah Omar and the Unknown Taliban. HarperCollins Publishers India. ISBN 978-93-5489-279-0.
  25. ^ "Kabul Rejects 'Delusional Claim' Mullah Omar Died in Afghanistan". Voice of America. 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
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