Lauren Booth

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name = Lauren Booth
birthname = Sarah Booth
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spouse = Craig Darby
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relatives = Tony Booth [father] , Gail Smith [mother] , Cherie Booth [sister]
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Lauren Booth (born Sarah Booth 22 July 1967 in Islington, London) is an English [http://www.malefirst.co.uk/im-a-celeb-get-me-out/Im+A+Celebrity+Get+Me+Out+Of+Here-26260.html] broadcaster, journalist and human rights activist [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7593921.stm] .

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; she is also a member of Media Workers Against the War and the National Union of Journalists. She has appeared as a panellist on the BBC's "Have I Got News For You", as well as working as a broadcaster in both radio and television. She currently writes columns and features predominantly 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 Lauren Booth traveled to the West Bank where she has interviewed Mahmoud Abbas. She has given two speeches on the condition of those living in the West Bank and Gaza, for the Royal Geographical Society and Arab Media Watch. Booth is also involved in campaigns such as the Stop the War Coalition and V-Day, a movement against violence towards women.

Gaza

In August 2008 she travelled to Gaza by ship from Cyprus, along with 46 other activists [http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27814&Cr=palestin&Cr1] , to highlight the blockade of Gaza [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7206217.stm] and deliver hearing aids and balloons to a deaf school in Gaza. Lauren Booth elected to remain behind in Gaza, and was subsequently refused entry into both Israel and Egypt. She said that 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 United Nations Convention on Human Rights [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7593921.stm] . Booth also said that she believed the "situation in Gaza is a humanitarian crisis on the scale of Darfur" and called Gaza "the largest concentration camp in the world today," though 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". [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1221745576338&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull] [ [http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Detail.aspx?axd=DetailPaging.Search|1&axs=0|82657010%2c82656984%2c82648275%2c82648054%2c82648029%2c82648016%2c82647958%2c82643582%2c82643558%2c82643534%2c82643518%2c82643496%2c82643454%2c82643432%2c82643423%2c82643407%2c82643402%2c82643351%2c82643281%2c82643237%2c82642989%2c82642964%2c82642949%2c82642843%2c82642768%2c82640552%2c82584749%2c82583642%2c82583600%2c82583114%2c82553996%2c82536357%2c82527618%2c82527323%2c82510424%2c82475453%2c82475440%2c79725207%2c76524470%2c75362598%2c73950691%2c73950689%2c73950681%2c76708716%2c71977084%2c71976447%2c71976427%2c71976173%2c71976134%2c71755381%2c71755377%2c71718268%2c71718264%2c71718262%2c71718258%2c71718240%2c76708801%2c71050330%2c56804189%2c56751544|0&id=82642843 AFP Photo] ] Booth left Gaza through the Rafah Border Crossing into Egypt on 20 September. [http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnLK587035.html]

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, has two children and a home in the South of France.

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 the Interpal charity. [http://www.interpal.org/news/Lauren_Booth_Cheque_Presentation.html]

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