British journalist and author (1930–2014)
Patrick Seale
Born (1930-05-07 ) 7 May 1930Died 11 April 2014(2014-04-11) (aged 83)London, England, United Kingdom
Nationality British Occupation Journalist Spouse(s) Lamorna Heath (1971 - her death, 1978) Rana Kabbani (1985 -his death, 2014)
Patrick Abram Seale (7 May 1930 – 11 April 2014) was a British journalist[1] and author who specialised in the Middle East . A former correspondent for The Observer , he interviewed many Middle Eastern leaders and personalities. Seale was also a literary agent and art dealer .
Background
Patrick Abram Seale[2] was a Belfast -born journalist.[1] His father was Morris Siegel Seale (1896–1993), the Arabist and theologian , who was a Russian Jewish convert to Presbyterianism and Christian missionary in Syria , where Patrick spent most of his first 14 years. Seale's mother was Reine Attal, a Tunisian-Italian midwife.[3] [4] Seale attended Balliol and St Antony's College, Oxford , where he specialised in Middle Eastern history .[5] He obtained his D.Litt. at Oxford University . His sister was the fashion designer Thea Porter .
Career
His journalistic experience includes six years with Reuters , mainly as a financial journalist, and over twelve with The Observer , covering the Middle East, Africa, and India.
Based in France, Seale was syndicated by Agence Global.[6] His columns appeared in most major newspapers around the world, and were carried weekly by several newspapers, including Al-Hayat (London), Al-Ittihad (Abu Dhabi ), The Daily Star (Beirut ), The Saudi Gazette (Jeddah ) and Gulf News (Dubai ).
Personal life and death
Seale married twice. First to Lamorna Heath in 1971 (died 1978) by whom he had a child, Orlando. His second wife, the writer and broadcaster Rana Kabbani , was the mother of his younger children, journalist Alexander Seale and writer and translator Yasmine Seale .[7]
Patrick Seale died aged 83 on 11 April 2014 in London from brain cancer .[7]
Works
Seale authored numerous books,[8] including:
The Struggle for Syria (1965)
French Revolution 1968 (1968)
Philby , the Long Road to Moscow (1973)
The Hilton Assignment (1973)
Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East (1988)
Abu Nidal: A Gun for Hire (1992)
The Struggle for Arab Independence: Riad el-Solh and the Makers of the Modern Middle East (2010)
References
^ a b "Profile: Patrick Seale" . The Guardian . London. 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2013 .
^ Tim Llewellyn, Obituary: Patrick Seale Archived 7 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine , The Guardian , 13 April 2014
^ Llewellyn, Tim (13 April 2014). "Patrick Seale obituary" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2023 .
^ Helms, Laura McLaws; Porter, Venetia (7 April 2015). Thea Porter: Bohemian Chic . Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 978-1-85177-826-3 .
^ "Dr Patrick Seale" . Syrian Center for Political & Strategic Studies. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2013 .
^ "Patrick Seale profile" . Agence Global . Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013 .
^ a b Llewellyn, Tim (13 April 2014). "Patrick Seale, Syria specialist and former Observer correspondent, dies, aged 83" . Observer . Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022 .
^ "Books by Patrick Seale" . Amazon.com . Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2013 .
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