is an Iranian-born journalist, educated in Tehran, London and Paris. Over the last 40 years he has interviewed many important figures in the world of politics, and arts and culture, and is the author of 11 books on Islam, Iran, the Soviet Union and the Middle East.




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09/08/2010

Mahmoud Darwish died two years ago on 9 August.

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14/07/2010

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A Literary Translation Centre opens at the 2010 London Book Fair

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The Internet and Arab Literature, and publishing English literary translations from Arabic

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