Diana Darke (born 6 March 1956) is an author, Middle East cultural writer, Arabist and occasional

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broadcaster. Her work has appeared in the ''Guardian'', the ''

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'', the ''Sunday Times'', the ''Daily Telegraph'' and ''Al Araby''. She graduated from

Wadham College, Oxford Wadham College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is located in the centre of Oxford, at the intersection of Broad Street and Parks Road. Wadham College was founded in 1610 by Dorothy W ...

, in 1977, where she studied German and Philosophy/

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

, then went on to work for the British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and Racal Electronics Plc as an Arabic consultant. In 2005, Darke purchased a 17th-century courtyard house in the

Old City of Damascus The Ancient City of Damascus ( ar, دِمَشْق ٱلْقَدِيمَة, Dimašq al-Qadīmah) is the historic city centre of Damascus, Syria. The old city which is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inha ...

Publications

* ''Syria'', Bradt Travel Guides, 2010, . * ''Oman'', Bradt Travel Guides, 2010, . * ''North Cyprus'', Bradt Travel Guides, 2012, . * ''Eastern Turkey'', Bradt Travel Guides, 2014, * ''My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis'', Haus Publishing, 2016,

* ''The Merchant of Syria: A History of Survival'', Hurst Publishers, 2018,

*''The Last Sanctuary in Aleppo'' (co-author), Headline Publishing, 2019,

*'' Stealing from the Saracens, Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture shaped Europe'', Hurst Publishers, 2020

*''The Ottomans: A Cultural Legacy'',

Thames & Hudson Thames & Hudson (sometimes T&H for brevity) is a publisher of illustrated books in all visually creative categories: art, architecture, design, photography, fashion, film, and the performing arts. It also publishes books on archaeology, history, ...

, 2022,

Notes and references

External links

Official website
* 1956 births Living people Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford English women journalists {{UK-journalist-stub