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Ian Black (journalist)

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Ian Black
Born(1953-07-15)15 July 1953[1]
Died22 January 2023(2023-01-22) (aged 69)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Journalist, author
SpouseHelen Harris
Children3

Ian Black (15 July 1953 – 22 January 2023) was a British journalist and author focusing on international political issues.

Education

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Black received his MA in history and social and political science from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in government from the London School of Economics and Political Science.[2]

Career

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Black was a visiting senior fellow at the Middle East Centre at the LSE.[3] He was Middle East editor at The Guardian newspaper,[4] starting in 1980 as a reporter, Middle East correspondent, diplomatic editor, European editor and leader writer.

Personal life and death

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Black had frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). He and his wife, Helen Harris, who lived in north London, had two daughters.[5] He also had a son from a previous marriage.[5]

Black died on 22 January 2023, at the age of 69.[6]

Awards

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In 2010, Black was awarded a Peace through Media Award by the International Council for Press and Broadcasting at the sixth annual International Media Awards in London.[7]

Works

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  • Ian Black; Benny Morris, Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services. (Grove Press, 1991) ISBN 0-8021-1159-9
  • Ian Black, Zionism and the Arabs 1936-1939. (Routledge, 2016) ISBN 978-1138907348
  • Ian Black, Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017. (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2017) ISBN 978-0802127037

References

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  1. ^ "Ian Black obituary". The Guardian. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Dr Ian Black:Visiting Senior Fellow, Middle East Centre". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Dr Ian Black:Visiting Senior Fellow, Middle East Centre". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Ian Black | The Guardian". TheGuardian.com. 9 October 2019. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b Black, Ian; Black, Helen (1 October 2022). "My brain is shrinking – and so is my world. Could I find out what's wrong with me?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Ian Black, former Guardian Middle East editor, dies aged 69".
  7. ^ Deans, Jason (11 May 2010). "Guardian Middle East editor wins peace through media award". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
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