Patrick Seale
Patrick Abram Seale is a British journalist[1] and author who specialises in the Middle East, as well as a literary agent and art dealer. He is a former correspondent for The Observer and has interviewed many of the Middle East's most prominent leaders and personalities.
Background
Seale's father was the Arabist and theologian Morris S. Seale (1896–1993). He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and educated at Balliol and St Antony's College, Oxford, where he specialised in Middle Eastern history.[2] He obtained his D.Litt at Oxford University. 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.
Career
Seale is the author of a number of books,[3] 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), and The Struggle for Arab Independence: Riad el-Solh and the Makers of the Modern Middle East (2010). He also ghostwrote Desert Warrior, the 1995 Gulf War memoirs of Saudi prince Khaled bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz.
Based in France, Seale is syndicated by Agence Global.[4] His columns appear in most major newspapers around the world, and are carried weekly by several newspapers, including Al-Hayat (London), Al-Ittihad (Abu Dhabi), The Daily Star (Beirut), The Saudi Gazette (Jiddah) and Gulf News (Dubai).
References
- ↑ "Profile: Patrick Seale". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ↑ "Dr. Patrick Seale". Syrian Center for Political & Strategic Studies. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ↑ "Books by Patrick Seale". Amazon.com. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ↑ "Patrick Seale". Agence Global. Retrieved 11 March 2013.