A Palestinian-Egyptian journalist and writer, whose work deeply explores the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Born to a Palestinian father and an Egyptian mother, Aburish attended schools in Jerusalem and Beirut. He returned to Beirut in the 1950s as a reporter for Radio Free Europe and The London Daily Mail. His extensive writing on the conflict offers a unique perspective on its complexity and impact.
A biography and a psychological profile of Saddam Hussein. It is the story of how the man who, with the encouragement of western governments, made his country the most advanced in the Arab world in the 1970s, and through personal ambition led it to disaster at the end of the 1980s, fights for... číst celé
An insider's account of true espionage, intrigue and conspiracy in the post-war Middle East, which reads like a Bond-esque thriller. Spies, journalists, politicians, tycoons, would-be assassins and oil sheiks mingle in the luxurious St George Hotel bar, the cosmopolitan centre of Beirut. From the 1950's through to its destruction in 1975 due to civil war, the plots, deals, and stories that came out of this famous hotel and its beachside bar make fascinating reading, featuring famous names as Kim Philby, Miles Copeland, Wilbur Crane and James Russell Barracks. Many incidents which went on to shape Middle Eastern history are related here, the plan to restore the monarchy in Baghdad, an attempt to overthrow King Hussein and the assassination of a Syrian president. In Beirut Spy, Said Aburish examines the plots and counterplots, stretching over a quarter of a century.