Sally Hayden
@sallyhayd.bsky.social
Journalist etc. Currently Irish Times correspondent in Beirut/Damascus & author of ‘My Fourth Time, We Drowned’ (Orwell Prize, Terzani Prize, Inge Feltrinelli Prize, Michel Deon Prize, Irish Book of the Year) & 'This is also a Love Story' (coming 2026)
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Homs today as Syria celebrates the first anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime (one year tomorrow).
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Homs today as Syria celebrates the first anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime (one year tomorrow).
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Pope Leo today. Report later @irishtimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Pope Leo today. Report later @irishtimes.com
Good morning, Beirut. Now heading to the pope’s waterfront mass (media will get there long before he does). 🇱🇧 @irishtimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Good morning, Beirut. Now heading to the pope’s waterfront mass (media will get there long before he does). 🇱🇧 @irishtimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Hezbollah statement ahead of the visit of Pope Leo XIV to Lebanon.
November 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Hezbollah statement ahead of the visit of Pope Leo XIV to Lebanon.
Queuing for pope accreditation. More than 1,300 journalists applied and they’re expected to queue in this corridor? Waiting more than 3 hours now (including a delayed start & last minute venue change…) #lebanon @irishtimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Queuing for pope accreditation. More than 1,300 journalists applied and they’re expected to queue in this corridor? Waiting more than 3 hours now (including a delayed start & last minute venue change…) #lebanon @irishtimes.com
New report just filed from the “ground zero” of climate change. Coming soon @irishtimes.com #bangladesh (my drone pic)
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
New report just filed from the “ground zero” of climate change. Coming soon @irishtimes.com #bangladesh (my drone pic)
Both my book & I are at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Malaysia. Thank you to @iaccseries.bsky.social for bringing me here. The (one copy of the) book is available in the bookshop. @gijn.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Both my book & I are at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Malaysia. Thank you to @iaccseries.bsky.social for bringing me here. The (one copy of the) book is available in the bookshop. @gijn.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
A man praying on his rickshaw outside the International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka after Sheikh Hasina was found guilty & sentenced to death earlier today. #bangladesh
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A man praying on his rickshaw outside the International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka after Sheikh Hasina was found guilty & sentenced to death earlier today. #bangladesh
The scene outside the high court in Dhaka ahead of the verdict in ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s crimes against humanity trial. 🇧🇩 #bangladesh
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The scene outside the high court in Dhaka ahead of the verdict in ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s crimes against humanity trial. 🇧🇩 #bangladesh
Such an unexpected, thoughtful & generous new review of 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned' from Good Morning Kashmir: www.dailygoodmorningkashmir.com/journalism-a...
November 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Such an unexpected, thoughtful & generous new review of 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned' from Good Morning Kashmir: www.dailygoodmorningkashmir.com/journalism-a...
I'm speaking as part of this online event on November 12 organised by the NYU Migration Network, focused on global questions around migration, detention & deportation. Anyone can join & here is the link to register: nyu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @nyukevo.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I'm speaking as part of this online event on November 12 organised by the NYU Migration Network, focused on global questions around migration, detention & deportation. Anyone can join & here is the link to register: nyu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @nyukevo.bsky.social
Hoping my friends will still be friends with me when I finally emerge from new book hibernation. It’s Saturday night & I’ve reached page 82 of 272 on the latest read-through. 📕
November 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Hoping my friends will still be friends with me when I finally emerge from new book hibernation. It’s Saturday night & I’ve reached page 82 of 272 on the latest read-through. 📕
Just saw my photo was used in this recent piece by Rolling Stone en Español: es.rollingstone.com/fosa-comun-e... #Syria #Siria
October 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Just saw my photo was used in this recent piece by Rolling Stone en Español: es.rollingstone.com/fosa-comun-e... #Syria #Siria