Artículos Destacados

Marzo 12, 2008

BETRAYED, a play by George Packer | NYC

On Wednesday evening March 12th, the ICTJ will host a special private performance of Betrayed, a play written by George Packer. The performance will be followed by a discussion with playwright and journalist George Packer, the ICTJ's Deputy Director for the Middle East Miranda Sissons, and former ICTJ Iraq consultant and New York Times journalist Razzaq al Saiedi.

Click here to see event postcard. This event is by invitation only.

For more information, please contact Alexandra Rizio at arizio@ictj.org or (917) 637 3824.

Background

In early 2007, George Packer published an article in The New Yorker about Iraqi interpreters who jeopardized their lives on behalf of the Americans in Iraq, with little or no U.S. protection or security. The article drew national attention to the humanitarian crisis and moral scandal.

Betrayed, based on Mr. Packer's interviews in Baghdad, tells the story of three young Iraqis - two men and one woman - motivated to risk everything by America's promise of freedom. Betrayed explores the complex relationships among the Iraqis themselves, and with their American supervisor, struggling to find purpose while a country collapses around them.