Diana Darke

Diana Darke
Born (1956-03-06) 6 March 1956 (age 68)
London, England, UK
Occupation(s)Author, Middle East writer, Arabist, Broadcaster
Websitedianadarke.com

Diana Darke (born 6 March 1956) is an author, Middle East cultural writer, Arabist and occasional BBC broadcaster.[1][2][3] Her work has appeared in the Guardian,[4][5][6] the Financial Times,[7][8] the Sunday Times,[9] the Daily Telegraph[10][11] and Al Araby.[12] She graduated from Wadham College, Oxford, in 1977, where she studied German and Philosophy/Arabic,[13] then went on to work for the British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and Racal Electronics Plc as an Arabic consultant. In 2005, Darke purchased a 17th-century courtyard house in the Old City of Damascus.[14]

  1. ^ "Syria peace talks and polls signal Assad's growing confidence". BBC News. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Syria's Golan Heights and its Druze residents, From Our Own Correspondent - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. ^ "The strange normality of life in the middle of Syria's war". BBC News. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Kobani's destruction is an opportunity for rebuilding hope". The Guardian. 3 February 2015. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  5. ^ "The choice in Syria's election: vote for Assad or else …". The Guardian. 2 June 2014. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  6. ^ "The civil war's threat to Damascus". The Guardian. 2 January 2013. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Curious ironies of the Olympics-timed ceasefire in Homs". Financial Times. 10 February 2014. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Isis has filled the vacuum in Syria left by the west's inertia". Financial Times. 8 January 2014. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Oil and water, not religion, are fuelling Isis campaign to wipe out minorities". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  10. ^ Darke, Diana (27 June 2015). "We must not allow a few fanatics ruin this fledgling democracy". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  11. ^ Darke, Diana (26 June 2015). "Tunisia: 'lessons were not learnt from Bardo museum attack'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  12. ^ Darke, Diana (8 June 2015). "Turkey: Free from costly conflicts with its own minorities, Al Araby". Al Araby. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  13. ^ "A door to Damascus". Wadham College. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  14. ^ "A House in Damascus, From Our Own Correspondent". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 22 August 2016.