Jemima Khan
Jemima Khan
Jemima Marcelle Goldsmithis a British-Pakistani journalist, heiress, and campaigner. She is an associate editor of New Statesman and European editor-at-large for Vanity Fair...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth30 January 1974
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Fame infantilises and grants relative impunity. Those that seek it, out of an exaggerated need for admiration or attention, are often the least well equipped to deal with criticism.
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Marriage Asian-style is practical, contractual and, to the western mind, deeply unromantic.
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There's a theory about fame: the moment it strikes, it arrests development. Michael Jackson remained suspended in childhood, enjoying sleepovers and funfairs; Winona Ryder, an errant teen who dabbled in shoplifting and experimented with pills; George Clooney, a 30-year-old commitment-phobe, never quite ready yet to settle down.
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WikiLeaks exposed corruption, war crimes, torture and cover-ups. It showed that we were lied to about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; that the U.S. military had deliberately hidden information about systematic torture and civilian casualties, which were much higher than reported.
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WikiLeaks exposed the most dangerous lies of all, which are those that are told to us by elected governments.
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In my experience, being busy and working hard is the key to sanity/happiness.
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Military strikes on Afghanistan will not prevent something this terrible from happening again, for the simple reason that bombs will not deter people who are unafraid of death and desire martyrdom.