Joan Smith

**Joan Alison Smith** (an haife shi 27 ga Agusta 1953) ta kasance ƴar jarida ce kuma marubuciya ƴar yaren Ingilishi, wadda tsohuwar shugabar kwamitin marubuta ce a kurkuku a sashin Ingilishi na PEN na ƙasa da ƙasa kuma ita ce Babbar Darakta na Hacked Off .

## Rayuwa da aiki
An haifi Smith 27 Agusta 1953 a Landan, 'yar Alan Smith, mai kula da wurin shakatawa, da Ann Anita Smith ( née Coltman). Ta halarci Makarantar Grammar Girls a Stevenage da Basingstoke High School for Girls kafin ta karanta Latin a Jami'ar Karatu a farkon 1970s.

Bayan ɗan jarida a matsayin ɗan jarida a cikin gidan rediyon Manchester, ta shiga cikin ma'aikatan *The Sunday Times* a cikin 1979 kuma ta zauna a jaridar har zuwa 1984, kodayake Smith har yanzu yana ba da gudummawar bita na littafi, yawanci akan almara na laifi, ga bugawa. Ta na da wani shafi na yau da kullum a cikin kari na karshen mako *na [[The Guardian]]*, kuma yana ba da kyauta ga jarida kuma ya ba da gudummawa ga *The Independent*, *The Independent on Sunday*, da *New Stateman* .

A cikin ta ba almara Smith nuna sadaukar da atheism, mata ( *Misogynies: Reflections on Myths da Malice*, 1989) da kuma jamhuriya  ( *Down with the Royals*, 2015).  Ta kasance mai raini da shaharar al'adu kuma ta taɓa ba wa tsohon mijinta TV ɗinta, kodayake ta sami sabon tsarin kusan shekaru goma bayan haka.

A ranar 15 ga Satumba, 2010, Smith, tare da wasu mutane 54 na jama'a, sun sanya hannu kan wata budaddiyar wasika da aka buga a cikin *The Guardian*, inda suke nuna adawa da ziyarar jihar ta Paparoma Benedict XVI a Burtaniya. 

A cikin Nuwamba 2011, ta ba da shaida ga Leveson Inquiry cikin latsawa da ka'idojin watsa labarai biyo bayan kutse ta wayar tarho da *Labaran Duniya* ke yi. Ta shaida cewa ta yi la'akari da shahararrun mutane suna tunanin za su iya sarrafa abubuwan da ke cikin jarida idan sun sanya kansu a cikin jama'a lokacin da, a gaskiya akasin haka ya fi dacewa.

Ko da yake Smith ta yi adawa da mamayewar Iraki a shekara ta 2003, tana mai musanta ikirarin karya game da mallakar makamin da gwamnatin Saddam Hussein ta yi, ta dauki wani ra'ayi na daban a lokacin yakin basasar Siriya . Sakamakon rikicin 'yan gudun hijira na Siriya,  da harin Ghouta na 2013 ta amfani da makamai masu guba, ta yi kira da a shiga tsakani na soja. 

A cikin 2013, magajin garin London na lokacin, Boris Johnson ya nada Smith a matsayin mataimakiyar shugaban hukumar cin zarafin mata da 'yan mata ta birnin (VAWG) kuma ta ci gaba da aikin karkashin magajinsa Sadiq Khan .  A cikin 2021, *The Times* ta ba da rahoto game da iƙirarin Smith na cewa an kore ta daga mukamin saboda ra'ayoyinta game da haƙƙin mata na fyade guda ɗaya da mafakar cin zarafi a cikin gida da kuma sake fasalin 'yan sanda na Biritaniya da "rashin ƙazanta" a sakamakon fyade da kisan da wani jami'in 'yan sanda ya yi wa Sarah Everard.  Wani mai magana da yawun zauren birnin ya ce an dakatar da mukamin Smith ne biyo bayan nazari na tsarin da ofishin magajin gari na ofishin ‘yan sanda da laifuffuka (MOPAC) ya yi na hadin gwiwa gami da hukumar VAWG, ya kara da cewa, “Kwarewar Joan Smith da fahimtar hukumar VAWG na da matukar amfani kuma muna godiya da lokacinta da kuma hidimarta”. 

A wajen Burtaniya, mai yiwuwa Smith ya fi saninsa da jerin littattafan laifuka na Loretta Lawson waɗanda aka buga tsakanin 1987 da 1995. *Abin da zai tsira* (2007) wani labari ne da aka kafa a Lebanon a cikin 1997 game da binciken ɗan jarida game da mutuwar wani samfurin kuma mai fafutukar yaƙi da nakiyoyi.

Ta kasance mai goyon bayan Classics a makarantun jihar, tana kwatanta gazawar 1997-2010 gwamnatin Labour ta gaza yin aiki a kan lamarin a matsayin "da kyar mafi kyawun sa'ar su"  kuma majiɓincin The Iris Project . Smith mai goyon bayan ƙungiyar matsin lamba Jamhuriyar kuma Majiɓincin Humanists UK .  A shekarar 2015, an zabe ta shugabar kungiyar 'yan rajin kare hakkin bil'adama ta Labour, kungiyar da ke inganta manufofin addini da kimar bil'adama a cikin jam'iyyar Labour.  Abokiyar girmamawa ce ta Ƙungiyar Secular Society ta ƙasa . 

An nada Joan Smith a matsayin Babban Daraktan Hacked Off a ƙarshen Mayu 2014 a maye gurbin Brian Cathcart .  Smith ya ɗauki matsayin a watan Yuni,  amma ya tsaya a ƙarshen Yuni 2015 don komawa aikin rubuce-rubuce na cikakken lokaci. 

Ya kamata ta buga wani asusun mata a zamanin d Roma a ƙarshen 2024.   

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Smith ya auri ɗan jarida Francis Wheen tsakanin 1985 zuwa 1993. 

Bayan ƙarshen aurenta, Smith ya fara dangantaka da Denis MacShane, dan siyasar Birtaniya na Labour Party a lokacin. A ranar 25 ga Mayu 2009, a lokacin badakalar kashe kudi na 2009 Smith ya rubuta wata kasida ga *[[The Guardian]]* mai taken "Ina fama da rashin lafiya na kasata da wannan damuwa akan 'yan majalisa"  tana nuna rashin amincewa da furcin da ake yi game da kudaden 'yan majalisar da ta buga a matsayin misali na cin zarafi a rayuwar jama'a, inda ta bayyana cewa abokin tarayya (a lokacin) dan majalisa ne (wanda ba a bayyana sunansa ba).

Ma'auratan sun rabu a shekara ta 2010 bayan shekaru bakwai tare; Daga baya MacShane an yanke masa hukuncin zaman gidan yari na watanni shida saboda gabatar da daftarin karya.   

A cikin 2003 an ba ta MBE don hidimarta ga PEN,  amma ta ƙi kyautar.   

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## Duba kuma

* Jerin marubutan jaridu

## Manazarta

## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* Bayanin mawallafin LibraryThing
* Joan Smith a kan Twitter