Diana Darke

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]

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

Publications
  • Syria, Bradt Travel Guides, 2010, ISBN 978-1-841-62314-6.
  • Oman, Bradt Travel Guides, 2010, ISBN 978-1-841-62332-0.
  • North Cyprus, Bradt Travel Guides, 2012, ISBN 978-1-841-62372-6.
  • Eastern Turkey, Bradt Travel Guides, 2014, ISBN 978-1-841-62490-7
  • My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis, Haus Publishing, 2016, ISBN 978-1-908-32399-6.
  • The Merchant of Syria: A History of Survival, Hurst Publishers, 2018, ISBN 978-1-84904-940-5.
  • The Last Sanctuary in Aleppo (co-author), Headline Publishing, 2019, ISBN 978-1-4722-6057-4.
  • Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture shaped Europe, Hurst Publishers, 2020,
  • The Ottomans: A Cultural Legacy, Thames & Hudson, 2022, ISBN 978-0-50025-266-6

Notes and references
  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.


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