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Jay Bahadur (born 1984) is a Canadian journalist and author. He became known for his reporting on piracy in Somalia, writing for The New York Times, The Financial Post, The Globe and Mail, and The Times of London.
Jay Bahadur is a Canadian author of The New York Times bestselling book The Pirates of Somalia (Deadly Waters in the UK and Australia, and Piratenkust in The Netherlands), published in seven countries and in four languages.
Sugar and the Shabaab: smuggling, security, and the Kenyan borderlands. Charcoal exports from Kismayo, largely to Gulf countries, constituted the principal source of al-Shabaab revenue before the Kenya Defence...
Jay Bahadur is an independent researcher and investigator based in Nairobi. From 2015 to 2019, he served as a UN Security Council sanctions monitor covering Somalia and Eritrea. His areas of focus included the Islamist militant groups Al-Shabaab and the Islamic State, maritime arms-smuggling networks, piracy, and the oil and gas sector.
Jun 29, 2024 · Jay Bahadur became famous for, at age 24, traveling alone to Somalia to document the lives of the pirates raiding ships in the Gulf of Aden. He previously had little journalistic experience, no degree in the subject, and was on a tight budget.
—The Boston Globe. "This vivid and intelligent study of Somali pirates uncovers the reckless men behind the nation’s most lucrative business. . . a balanced and fascinating portrait." —The Sunday Times. "An illuminating guide. . . . Bahadur has probably spent more time with Somali pirates than just about any other Western researcher or writer."
Mar 20, 2018 · Canadian bestselling author and investigative journalist Jay Bahadur remembers telling people how he wanted to be a reporter when he was just four years old. But by high school at University of Toronto Schools, he had all but forgotten about the ambition from his much younger days.
