Lauren Booth

Lauren Booth (born Sarah Booth 22 July 1967, Islington, London) is an English broadcaster, journalist and human rights activist. She now works for Press TV, the state-funded English-language news channel of the Islamic Republic of Iran.,

Lauren Booth in Journalism,

As a journalist, Booth has written for the New Statesman, the Mail on Sunday, the Sunday Times and the Daily Mail. She is a vocal opponent of the war in Iraq and a supporter of the Stop the War Coalition; a member of Woodcraft Folk, Media Workers Against the War and the National Union of Journalists. She has been a panellist on the BBC's Have I Got News For You, and a broadcaster on radio and television. She writes columns and features, mainly for the Mail on Sunday. She regularly reviews the UK newspapers on television for Sky News, BBC One and BBC News 24.

In both 2005 and 2006 Booth travelled to the West Bank where she has interviewed Mahmoud Abbas. She gave two speeches on the condition of those living in the West Bank and Gaza, for the Royal Geographical Society and Arab Media Watch.

As of 2010, Booth presents In Focus on the UK's Islam Channel, and Between The Headlines on the Iranian-owned Press TV.

Lauren Booth  in Gaza

In August 2008 she travelled to Gaza by ship from Cyprus, along with 46 other activists, to highlight the blockade of the Gaza Strip and deliver hearing aids and balloons to a deaf school in Gaza. Booth elected to remain behind in Gaza, and was subsequently refused entry into both Israel and Egypt. She said that she believed that, by refusing her the right to leave Gaza and return to her home country, Israel and Egypt were in breach of Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, specifically regarding freedom of movement Booth stated that she believes the "situation in Gaza is a humanitarian crisis on the scale of Darfur" and called Gaza "the largest concentration camp in the world today", although the Jerusalem Post suggested that a photograph of Booth in a well-stocked Gaza grocery "bel[ied] the grim picture she painted of the Strip". Booth left Gaza through the Rafah Border Crossing into Egypt on 20 September 2008.,

Lauren Booth Family,

Lauren Booth is a half-sister of Cherie Blair and the sixth daughter of the actor Tony Booth. She is the sister-in-law of former British prime minister Tony Blair. She is married to actor Craig Darby; the couple has two children, Alexandra and Holly.

I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

In 2006 she was a contestant on the ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, donating the money she raised to charity Interpal.

Lauren Booth  Religion,

Booth appeared at the GPU 2010 event dressed in loose clothing and with a hijab, declaring: "My name is Lauren Booth, and I am a Muslim". Lauren Booth converted to Twelver Shia Islam in mid-September, 2010 after her visit to the Fatima al-Masumeh Shrine in Qom, Iran.

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