Patrick Graham is a Canadian journalist and screenwriter best known for his coverage of the Iraq War. For many years he was associated with the National Post, but his work has appeared in a variety of print outlets, including The Guardian, The Observer, The Globe and Mail, The Walrus, and Harper's Magazine. A memoir relating to his experience of the Libyan Revolution and the Arab Spring, The Man who went to War, appeared in 2012.
The 2011 film Afghan Luke is based on his work, and he developed the story and co-wrote the script for this film. He also co-produced and co-wrote the 2022 film Horoz Dövüşü (Game Birds). More recently he created and performed in Beyond Fallujah, a one-man play presented in early 2026 by the Calgary-based theatre company One Yellow Rabbit.
In 2016 he was admitted honoris causa to the degree of Doctor Civilis Legis (DCL) of the University of King's College in Halifax.
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Horoz Dövüşü (Game Birds) Bullets, bombs and etiquette: Tips for Canada’s advisers in Iraq Damn the US and damn the resistance We've had a lot of experience of US weapons Iraqi Insurgents A Year with the Sunnis in Fallujah One Year with the Resistance in Iraq Behind The Scenes In Iraq Omens and Incidents: Negotiating Cultural Fault Lines in Iraq Columbia Journalism Review Patrick Graham's Top 10 Books about War The reporter, his foreign-minister father and the war that consumed them Journalism & Theology: Our Recent Rediscovery of Islam Life, the Revolution and Everything Go Before You Die Pro Patria Vivere: The Lure of the Libyan Front Bombing ISIS Will Not Work Why Are We Bombing ISIS? Our Government Has No Idea The Eye of the Storm When Fighting is Glimpsed From a Different Perspective The Overseas Press Club of America: Ed Cunningham Awards 2004 Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism: Kurt Schork Awards - 2005 Beyond Fallujah The Man who Went to War