Patrick Seale

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Patrick Seale
Born(1930-05-07)7 May 1930
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Died11 April 2014(2014-04-11) (aged 83)
London, England, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
OccupationJournalist
Spouse(s)Lamorna Heath (1971 - her death, 1978)
Rana Kabbani (1985 -his death, 2014)

Patrick Abram Seale (7 May 1930 – 11 April 2014) was a British journalist[1] and author who specialised in the Middle East. A former correspondent for The Observer, he interviewed many Middle Eastern leaders and personalities. Seale was also a literary agent and art dealer.

Background

Patrick Abram Seale

Oxford University. His sister was the fashion designer Thea Porter
.

Career

His journalistic experience includes six years with Reuters, mainly as a financial journalist, and over twelve with The Observer, covering the Middle East, Africa, and India.

Based in France, Seale was syndicated by Agence Global.

The Saudi Gazette (Jeddah) and Gulf News (Dubai
).

Personal life and death

Seale married twice. First to Lamorna Heath in 1971 (died 1978) by whom he had a child, Orlando. His second wife, the writer and broadcaster Rana Kabbani, was the mother of his younger children, journalist Alexander Seale and writer and translator Yasmine Seale.[7]

Patrick Seale died aged 83 on 11 April 2014 in London from

brain cancer.[7]

Works

Seale authored numerous books,[8] including:

  • The Struggle for Syria (1965)
  • French Revolution 1968 (1968)
  • Philby, the Long Road to Moscow (1973)
  • The Hilton Assignment (1973)
  • Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East (1988)
  • Abu Nidal: A Gun for Hire (1992)
  • The Struggle for Arab Independence:
    Riad el-Solh
    and the Makers of the Modern Middle East
    (2010)

References

  1. ^ a b "Profile: Patrick Seale". The Guardian. London. 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  2. ^ Tim Llewellyn, Obituary: Patrick Seale Archived 7 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian, 13 April 2014
  3. from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  4. .
  5. ^ "Dr Patrick Seale". Syrian Center for Political & Strategic Studies. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Patrick Seale profile". Agence Global. Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  7. ^ a b Llewellyn, Tim (13 April 2014). "Patrick Seale, Syria specialist and former Observer correspondent, dies, aged 83". Observer. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  8. Amazon.com. Archived
    from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2013.

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