{"id":2101,"date":"2014-02-27T18:40:01","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T12:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/?p=2101"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:17:30","slug":"in-the-media-dorje-gurungs-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/in-the-media-dorje-gurungs-story\/","title":{"rendered":"In The Media: Dorje Gurung’s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Returning to Nepal on May 13, 2013, after spending 11 nights 12 days in a Qatari jail<\/a> for allegedly insulting Islam<\/a>, I discovered considerable media interest in my story<\/a>. I had a number of interviews the week I arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the English translation of a Nepalese article published in Setopati<\/em><\/a> written by the journalist Manoj Dahal. Click here<\/a> or on the image itself for the original. Or, click here<\/a> for the online version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(If interested, click here<\/a> for the another interview published at around the same time in Kantipur<\/em>, therefore in Nepalese.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not surprisingly, a number of things I did say didn’t make it in the final print. But surprisingly, some things that I didn’t<\/em> say did!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click here<\/a> for the Nepalese version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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