David Hirst (journalist)
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David Hirst (born 1936) is a Middle East correspondent based in Beirut.
He attended
Daily Star in Lebanon. He was kidnapped twice (including one kidnapping in Beirut from which he escaped by bolting from his captors' car in a Shia neighbourhood of Beirut[1]) and was banned at various times from visiting six Arab countries, including Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Iraq
. He continued to contribute to The Guardian until 2013.
Books
- Oil and Public Opinion in the Middle East (1966) ISBN 0-571-06593-7
- ISBN 0-571-11690-6
- The Gun and the Olive Branch (First Published 1977; Second Edition 1984; Edition with New Foreword 2003) ISBN 0-571-21945-4
- Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East (2010) ISBN 978-0-571-23741-8
- حذار من الدول الصغيرة: لبنان، ساحةُ معارك الشرق الأوسط - Arabic Edition of Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East (Rimal Publications, 2013) ISBN 978-9963-610-99-0
References
- ^ "Lebanon, the hostage crisis". Archived from the original on 25 September 2004. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
External links
- Profile and Columns at The Guardian
- Brief biography and articles from The Nation
- Excerpt from The Gun and the Olive Branch
- Interview with David Hirst about "Beware of Small States" in www.theglobaldispatches.com
- Arabic Edition of "Beware of Small States"
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