Brian Whitaker
Encyclopedia
Brian Whitaker has been a journalist
for the British newspaper The Guardian
since 1987 and its Middle East
editor from 2000-2007. He is currently an editor on the paper's "Comment Is Free". He also writes articles for Guardian Unlimited, the internet edition of the paper. He runs a personal, non-Guardian-related website, Al-Bab.com, about politics in the Arab world.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
for the British newspaper The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
since 1987 and its Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
editor from 2000-2007. He is currently an editor on the paper's "Comment Is Free". He also writes articles for Guardian Unlimited, the internet edition of the paper. He runs a personal, non-Guardian-related website, Al-Bab.com, about politics in the Arab world.
Works
- News Limited: Why You Can't Read All About it, 1981 (London:Minority Press Group) ISBN 9780906890035, ISBN 9780906890042,
- Notes and Queries, vol. 1-5, 1990 (London:Fourth Estate) ISBN 9781872180229, , a collection of Q&A from the readers of The Guardian
- Unspeakable Love: Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East, 2006 (London:Saqi Books) ISBN 9780863568190, (Berkeley:University of California PressUniversity of California PressUniversity of California Press, also known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1893 to publish books and papers for the faculty of the University of California, established 25 years earlier in 1868...
) ISBN 0520250176, - What's "Really" Wrong with the Middle East?, 2009 (London:Saqi Books) ISBN 9780863566240,
External links
- Column archive at The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
- Al-Bab.com Arab culture and politics website