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David Hirst

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David Hirst's Biography

David Hirst (born 1936) is a veteran Middle East correspondent based in Beirut. He attended Rugby School from 1949 to 1954 and performed his national service in Egypt and Cyprus from 1954 to 1956. From 1956 to 1963 he studied at Oxford University and the American University of Beirut. He reported for the Guardian from 1963 to 1997 and has also written for the Christian Science Monitor, the Irish Times, the St. Petersburg Times, Newsday, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Daily Star. He was kidnapped twice and was banned at various times from visiting six Arab countries, including Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. He continues to contribute to the Guardian and to other newspapers around the world.

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  • London riots Good Samaritan wins libel payout from Met after they wrongly ...

    News Source: The Independent | 21 days ago
    A Good Samaritan who helped vulnerable people caught up in the Hackney riots has accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages from the Metropolitan Police for continuing to publish a poster suggesting he had been involved in the disorder. Leslie
  • Caring right to the end

    News Source: The Hutchinson News | 4 months ago
    According to the American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, for the first time in history, millions of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) are living into their "senior" years. Because of this,
  • Sam Wallace: Harry must be patient with new boss, but who is in charge at ...

    News Source: The independent | 6 months ago
    Caption competition News in pictures Sport blogs There's a 60% chance of rain in the deciding Grand Prix of the season in Sao Paulo, after fine weath... by Gareth Purnell 24 November 2012 01:49 PM Forget his previous run-ins with Jose Mourinho while

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  • Andy Love MP: Only coming through in waves

    Blog Source: andylovemp.blogspot.com | over 2 years ago
    As Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Lebanon, I was asked to participate in a book review of David Hirst's "Beware the Small State: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East," for their Epilogue programme. ...
  • BBC - Dan Walker: Waddle waxes lyrical

    Blog Source: www.bbc.co.uk | over 2 years ago
    As a season ticket holder at Hillsborough I still find it fascinating that we sing about past-players (Chris Waddle, David Hirst and especially Roland Nilsson), and it's a real shame more current players don't have the same rapport with ...
  • CITY BLOGGER .....ISLAM FOR ALL....ISLAM MEANS PEACE: from.....

    Blog Source: sitinoratirahzaini.blogspot.com | over 2 years ago
    David Hirst, “The Gun and the Olive Branch.” Denial of the Arabs' right to self-determination “Even if nobody lost their land, the [Zionist] program was unjust in principle because it denied majority political rights. ...

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