Ian black guardian biography template

Ian Black spent 36 years at the Guardian, including time as Middle East editor, European editor, diplomatic editor and foreign leader writer. He died in January Read his obituary

• My brain is shrinking – and so is my world.

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  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

• 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

• The Guardian picture essay

  From a Thatcher nutcracker to a Trump toilet brush: my curious collection of political memorabilia

• Observer book of the week

  Nine Quarters of Jerusalem by Matthew Teller review – a new map of a contested city

• 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

• From the Guardian archive

  Margaret Thatcher makes promise to help the Palestinians – archive,

  27 May British premier holds talks with political figures from the occupied West Bank and Gaza

• Book of the day

  Red Line by Joby Warrick review – Syria, spies… and sarin

• Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani obituary

• Saeb Erekat obituary

• From the Guardian archive

  Israel's Yitzhak Rabin assassinated at peace rally - archive,

• Sheikh Sabah al-Sabah, emir of Kuwait obituary

  Ruler of Kuwait for 14 years who was known as ‘the dean of Arab diplomacy’

• Meron Benvenisti obituary

• Adrift: How the World Lost Its Way by Amin Maalouf – review

• 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

• Rosemary Hollis obituary

• Israel's annexation of the West Bank will be yet another tragedy for Palestinians

  Ian Black

• The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad review – recent history at its finest

  Thomas Hegghammer delivers a meticulously researched account of a charismatic Islamist

• MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman review – riveting account

  A chilling study of the Saudi crown prince

• Hosni Mubarak obituary

  Ruthless autocrat who hung on to power in Egypt for more than 30 years

• This ‘deal of the century’ for the Middle East will be just another bleak milestone

  Ian Black

  By backing Israeli annexation and denying Palestinians their rights, Donald Trump is only perpetuating the conflict, says former Guardian Middle East editor Ian Black