Ian Black is a British journalist and author focusing on
international political issues. He is a visiting senior fellow at the Middle East Centre at the
. He was Middle East editor at ''
The Guardian
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'' newspaper, starting in 1980 as a reporter, Middle East correspondent, diplomatic editor,
European
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editor and leader writer.
Awards
In 2010, Black was awarded a Peace through Media Award by the
International Council for Press and Broadcasting
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* ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011
* ''International'' (New Order album), 2002
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at the sixth annual
International Media Awards
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in London.
Works
*Ian Black;
Benny Morris
Benny Morris ( he, בני מוריס; born 8 December 1948) is an Israeli historian. He was a professor of history in the Middle East Studies department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in the city of Beersheba, Israel. He is a member of t ...
, ''
Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services''. (
Grove Press
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, 1991)
*Ian Black, ''
Zionism and the Arabs 1936-1939''. (
Routledge
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, 2016)
*Ian Black, ''
Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017''. (
Atlantic Monthly Press
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, 2017)
Personal life
Black has
frontotemporal lobar degeneration
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(FTLD). He and his wife, Helen, who live in north London, have two daughters.
References
External links
''Guardian'' column by Ian Black
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century British non-fiction writers
21st-century British non-fiction writers
Academics of the London School of Economics
British political journalists
The Guardian people
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