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Author of NYT 2020 notable book Black Wave; Washington Post 50 Next Thought Leaders; contributing editor FT& writer The Atlantic.
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Such an honor to have this endorsement by @authorazarnafisi
16 Oct 2026
U.S. book tour dates… The Best Kind of American. On sale now in the U.S. by @henryholtbooks. More events to be announced !
16 Oct 2026
UK book tour dates for The Best Kind of American. On sale in the UK from October 22. By @bloomsburypublishing
16 Oct 2026
Launch week in London was such a joy! Writing is a solitary endeavor and after four years at my desk…. promoting the book over the last month in the U.S. and the UK has felt like a huge big hug. I was so lucky to be reunited on stage with my friend and wonderful former BBC colleague @jeremy.bowen for a book event at the fantastic @frontlineclub Jeremy is the best of the best on all things Middle East and I was so grateful to have him as my conversation partner for this event. A full house, an excellent conversation that covered the latest in the Middle East and the big events in book without revealing the plot… And we sold out of books! Get your copies at your favorite bookshop.
11 Nov 2026
Non-fiction book rec alert! 🚨
Perfect for fans of London Falling!
The Best Kind of American by @kimghattas and @bloomsburypublishing 📖
On January 18, 1984, Malcolm Kerr was assassinated by a pair of gunmen outside his office. His murder was just one more shocking headline in a city ravaged by the chaos of nine years of war. Four decades later, the question of who killed Malcolm and why still haunts Kerr’s family.
In The Best Kind of American Kim Ghattas searches for justice, unearthing the tangled forces of revolution, war, espionage and betrayal that still haunts the Middle East today.
#nonfiction #bookstagram #bookrelease
09 Nov 2026
Last week, I joined @kimghattas at @lalabooks.london to discuss her new book ‘The Best Kind of American’, which covers the complex history and wars of the Middle East and the lives of the people who call it home.
Thank you for having me x
Get your copy of Kim’s book which is on sale now.
#newbook #middleeast #booktalk
09 Nov 2026
Kim Ghattas in conversation with Yalda Hakim this week at Lala Books 🇱🇧
For anyone who follows the Middle East, Kim Ghattas is an icon. Her 2020 book ‘Black Wave’ set the bar for deeply researched, page-turning narrative non-fiction so when I saw she had a new book this year - ‘The Best Kind of American’ - I was SO excited to read it.
We were so lucky to host Kim, in conversation with the wonderful Yalda Hakim, as they discussed the complex historical events and relationships in Beirut and how that has shaped the Middle East today. Covering Palestine, Hezbollah, Netanyahu’s early ambitions, espionage, Reagan, Biden and Trump, IRGC, the al-Assads, and much more - intertwined with a very human story - this was a fascinating, knockout conversation.
‘The Best Kind of American: Murder, War and America’s Undoing in the Middle East’ is out now and is yet another brilliant book from Kim. Thank you everyone for coming x
Thank you @molly.boniface for the pics x
09 Nov 2026
An honour to interview two such top notch female journalists on my @timesradio show yesterday who are at the top of their game & write with such purpose.
So much respect & admiration for @rosamundurwin who did such a phenomenal job helping bring Russell Brand to justice. Her work was meticulous, forensic & spanned many painstaking years. Most importantly, she allowed those brave women to tell their stories & treated them with great care, sensitivity & dignity compared to the abuse they were getting from others including fans of Brand. Rosamund is a true heroine & her work is not just exceptional journalism - it will help change things for the better especially around rape myths. And shame on Brand’s disgraceful barrister for attacking her outside the court. Tells us everything we need to know.
And such a pleasure to interview the veteran foreign affairs journalist @kimghattas who has covered geopolitics particularly in the Middle East for the last twenty years. Her new book The Best Kind of American - Murder, War & America’s Undoing in the Middle East is a fascinating story about a murder 40 years ago which tells the story about where we are today. She speaks & writes with great authority & clarity & knows her stuff.
Two great women!
You can listen again on the @timesradio catch up service for 7 days.
07 Nov 2026
Books, books and more books!!!!! A big thank you to all the amazing London bookshops carrying The Best Kind of American @hatchardspiccadilly @dauntbooks @lrbbookshop @johnsandoebooks and @foylesforbooks I had an amazing time leaving behind a trail of signed books! And I’m in excellent company on the non- fiction table across the city with great authors: former BBC colleague Stephen Sackur with his book Hard Truth; Edmund Richardson with Alexander, winner of the Baillie Gifford prize, Patrick Radden Keefe and his latest, London Falling and so many more. A huge thanks to my publisher @bloomsburypublishing Continuum and the amazing @katherine.mac.books for an incredible week in London.
07 Nov 2026
Many thanks to @kimghattas who stopped by to sign her new book following one American family’s search for the truth after a 1984 murder in war-torn Beirut, where the Iranian revolution collided with the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, setting off the geopolitical conflagration that burns to this day.
04 Nov 2026
Making reading hip again with Korea’s texthip. #books
30 Oct 2026
***SOLD OUT***
Tuesday 3rd Nov 2026 19.00 at the Club.
The first UK event with globally renowned Emmy award-winning journalist, Middle East expert and the bestselling author of Black Wave, Kim Ghattas, to discuss her new book The Best Kind of American: Murder, War and America’s Undoing in the Middle East.
Kim will be joined by International Editor of the BBC, Jeremy Bowen, who has reported on the Middle East for four decades. Ghattas and Bowen will discuss her gripping investigation into the unsolved 1984 murder of Malcolm Kerr, president of the American University of Beirut, that Kim tells of in The Best Kind of American. In this extraordinary work of investigative journalism, Ghattas identifies 1980s Beirut as the point of origin for the policies and people that drive events in the Middle East today and uncovers the wider forces behind Lebanon’s conflict.
Do come along to hear two of the most deeply respected journalists on the Middle East today talk through the complex history of Lebanon and the Middle East, the forces that have shaped the region and what the future might hold.
#talk #book #frontlineClub #BBC
30 Oct 2026
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