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My brain is shrinking – and so is my world. Could I find out what’s wrong with me?
First, the veteran Guardian foreign affairs correspondent found himself lost for words; then he started falling while out jogging. He and his wife Helen Harris try to make sense of a life-changing year
Ian Black and Helen Harris
01, Oct, 2022 @12:00 PM
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I by Raja Shehadeh review – family and politics collide
Raja Shehadeh and his father, Aziz, both Palestinian lawyers, had different views on how to achieve statehood for their nation. Raja recounts their struggle, and his father’s murder, in this highly readable memoir
Ian Black
08, Aug, 2022 @6:00 PM
From a Thatcher nutcracker to a Trump toilet brush: my curious collection of political memorabilia
As a foreign correspondent I used to report on dictators and democrats. Now I collect them
Ian Black
12, Mar, 2022 @11:00 AM
Nine Quarters of Jerusalem by Matthew Teller review – a new map of a contested city
The journalist and documentary-maker draws on interviews and millennia of history to challenge traditional models of Jerusalem’s Old City
Ian Black
06, Mar, 2022 @7:00 AM
The Ottomans by Marc David Baer review – when east met west
This highly readable account encourages us to see the Ottoman empire as an inseparable part of the history of Europe
Ian Black
22, Oct, 2021 @8:00 AM
Red Line by Joby Warrick review – Syria, spies… and sarin
The story of how the US failed in its mission to eradicate chemical weapons in Syria is bleak but engrossing
Ian Black
08, Mar, 2021 @7:00 AM
Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani obituary
Powerful Saudi Arabian oil minister who played a key role in the global crisis of the 1970s and was kidnapped by Carlos the Jackal
Ian Black
01, Mar, 2021 @3:42 PM
Saeb Erekat obituary
Palestinian politician and peace negotiator widely regarded as a moderate and realist
Ian Black
10, Nov, 2020 @4:55 PM
Sheikh Sabah al-Sabah, emir of Kuwait obituary
Ruler of Kuwait for 14 years who was known as ‘the dean of Arab diplomacy’
Ian Black
01, Oct, 2020 @5:10 PM
Meron Benvenisti obituary
Historian and commentator who challenged the viability of a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians
Ian Black
30, Sep, 2020 @7:56 PM
Adrift: How the World Lost Its Way by Amin Maalouf – review
The Lebanese-French historian plots a course through the political upheavals and turning points of the postwar era in this personal, insightful analysis
Ian Black
20, Sep, 2020 @8:00 AM
The UAE-Israel deal will make a two-state solution even less likely | Ian Black
Whatever the motives of the Gulf state for agreeing to the peace accord, it marks a change in Arab solidarity with Palestinians, says Ian Black, a former Guardian Middle East editor
Ian Black
14, Aug, 2020 @2:06 PM
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