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Diana Darke (born 6 March 1956) is an author, Middle East cultural writer, Arabist and occasional BBC broadcaster.[1][2][3] Her work has appeared in the Guardian,[4][5][6] the Financial Times,[7][8] the Sunday Times,[9] the Daily Telegraph[10][11] and Al Araby.[12] She graduated from Wadham College, Oxford, in 1977, where she studied German and Philosophy/Arabic,[13] 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.[14]
Diana Darke | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 March 1956 |
| Occupation(s) | Author, Middle East writer, Arabist, Broadcaster |
| Website | dianadarke |
Publications
edit- Syria, Bradt Travel Guides, 2010, ISBN 978-1-841-62314-6.
- Oman, Bradt Travel Guides, 2010, ISBN 978-1-841-62332-0.
- North Cyprus, Bradt Travel Guides, 2012, ISBN 978-1-841-62372-6.
- Eastern Turkey, Bradt Travel Guides, 2014, ISBN 978-1-841-62490-7
- My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis, Haus Publishing, 2016, ISBN 978-1-908-32399-6.[1]
- The Merchant of Syria: A History of Survival, Hurst Publishers, 2018, ISBN 978-1-84904-940-5.[2]
- The Last Sanctuary in Aleppo (co-author), Headline Publishing, 2019, ISBN 978-1-4722-6057-4.[3]
- Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture shaped Europe, Hurst Publishers, 2020, [4]
- The Ottomans: A Cultural Legacy, Thames & Hudson, 2022, ISBN 978-0-50025-266-6
Notes and references
edit- ^ "Syria peace talks and polls signal Assad's growing confidence". BBC News. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Syria's Golan Heights and its Druze residents, From Our Own Correspondent - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "The strange normality of life in the middle of Syria's war". BBC News. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Kobani's destruction is an opportunity for rebuilding hope". The Guardian. 3 February 2015. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "The choice in Syria's election: vote for Assad or else …". The Guardian. 2 June 2014. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "The civil war's threat to Damascus". The Guardian. 2 January 2013. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Curious ironies of the Olympics-timed ceasefire in Homs". Financial Times. 10 February 2014. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Isis has filled the vacuum in Syria left by the west's inertia". Financial Times. 8 January 2014. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Oil and water, not religion, are fuelling Isis campaign to wipe out minorities". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Darke, Diana (27 June 2015). "We must not allow a few fanatics ruin this fledgling democracy". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Darke, Diana (26 June 2015). "Tunisia: 'lessons were not learnt from Bardo museum attack'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Darke, Diana (8 June 2015). "Turkey: Free from costly conflicts with its own minorities, Al Araby". Al Araby. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "A door to Damascus". Wadham College. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "A House in Damascus, From Our Own Correspondent". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
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