Chloe Hadjimatheou

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Narrative Editor @Observeruk.
Podcasts: We Call Her Emma, The Real Salt Path, LuckyBoy, The Gas Man, Burning Sun, Mayday, Fatwa.

London England, and Greece observer.co.uk/contributor/ch… Joined March 2010

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Chloe Hadjimatheou @chloehadj Jul 12

She's the same age as me, grew up in London with immigrant parents like me...only she chose to marry a brutal dictator.
How did the Assad regime change Asma and who did she become?
Read our months long investigation and listen to the podcast.
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observer.co.uk The case against Asma: how a London schoolgirl helped lea... The British wife of toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has been revealed as a central figure in his murderous operation and at the heart of its decision-making

Chloe Hadjimatheou @chloehadj Oct 6

I tracked down a kid who ended up at the centre of a huge disinformation campaign in Syria. Now he's 18 and free to tell the truth. #syria

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observer.co.uk At 11 he was forced to lie about Assad’s chlorine attack.... After a video showed Hassan Diab in the aftermath of a chemical attack on Douma, Syria and Russia pushed him to call it a fiction. Eight years later, he and his family finally feel safe enough to...

Chloe Hadjimatheou @chloehadj Sep 17

Extraordinary!

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This Syrian old man hid his private library in his home in the city of Damascus since the end of 2011 before escaping to Kuwait out of fear of the Assad regime, where the mere presence of a banned book could lead you to Assad's gulag and death under torture.

Today, the uncle returned to his library and completely removed the wall behind which he had hidden it, revealing valuable books that the Assad regime prohibited possessing and circulating.

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Chloe Hadjimatheou @chloehadj Aug 26

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www.redtech.pro Inside Podcasting: Telling the story where it leads Proper investigative audio demands structure, collaboration and risk

Chloe Hadjimatheou @chloehadj Aug 17

The inner circle of the al-Assad regime in Syria operated something like the court of King Henry VIII with its brutal power relationships around Bashar al-Assad and his London-born wife, Asma, shifted constantly. For many years, that circle included a woman named Luna al-Shibl, who could be compared to Anne Boleyn in her ascent and fall. For more listen to the podcast We Call Her Emma from @ObserverUK and Tortoise Investigates

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observer.co.uk ‘She dug her own grave’: was crash death of Assad aide an... Questions surround the demise of Luna al-Shibl, amid claims the former key adviser might have been in a relationship with the Syrian dictator – or spying against the regime