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.

Career

Black was a visiting senior fellow at the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science.[2] He was Middle East editor at The Guardian newspaper,[3] starting in 1980 as a reporter, Middle East correspondent, diplomatic editor, European editor and leader writer.

Personal life and death

Black had frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). He and his wife, Helen Harris, who lived in north London, had two daughters.[4] He also had a son from a previous marriage.[4]

Black died on 22 January 2023, at the age of 69.[5]

Awards

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.[6]

Works

  • 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

  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 3 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Ian Black | The Guardian". TheGuardian.com. 9 October 2019. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  4. 1 2 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)
  5. ↑ "Ian Black, former Guardian Middle East editor, dies aged 69".
  6. ↑ Deans, Jason (11 May 2010). "Guardian Middle East editor wins peace through media award". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 November 2017.


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