David McDowall (author)

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David Buchanan McDowall (born 1945) is a British author specialising in Middle Eastern and British history.

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Early life

Born in London in 1945, he attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. [1] [2] and St John’s College, Oxford where he studied Islamic History and Modern Middle East Studies under Albert Hourani [3]

Career

Royal Artillery, in Britain and Hong Kong, 1965-70; [4] British Council, in Bombay and Baghdad, 1972-77; the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), [5] Beirut and Vienna, 1977-79; self-employed thereafter, Oxfam [6] relief worker Lebanon 1982, [6] full-time research and writing from 1983.

Personal life

Married to writer Elizabeth Laird, [7] in 1975; two children: Angus, [8] journalist, and William, [9] academic.

Selected publications

Middle East

Britain

Children's books

British landscape guides

References

  1. "Search - The Sandhurst Collection". sandhurstcollection.co.uk.
  2. "Page 8891 | Supplement 43768, 17 September 1965 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.
  3. 1 2 Science, London School of Economics and Political. "A Modern History of the Kurds". London School of Economics and Political Science.
  4. "Page 6415 | Supplement 45122, 9 June 1970 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.
  5. 1 2 "Book Review – 'The Cambridge History of the Kurds'". July 7, 2021.
  6. 1 2 "MEP0019 - Evidence on The UK's policy towards the Middle East Peace Process".
  7. "Elizabeth Laird - Award winning children's author". Elizabeth Laird.
  8. "Angus McDowall's Profile | Reuters Journalist | Muck Rack".
  9. "Dr Will McDowall". UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources. December 13, 2016.
  10. Talhami, Ghada (November 1991). "David McDowell, Palestine and Israel: The Uprising and Beyond (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989). Pp. 335. | International Journal of Middle East Studies | Cambridge Core" . International Journal of Middle East Studies. 23 (4): 663–665. doi:10.1017/S0020743800023667.
  11. "Two comprehensive studies of the Kurds".
  12. Entessar, Nader (1997). "Reviewed work: A Modern History of the Kurds, David McDowall" . International Journal of Middle East Studies. 29 (1): 153–155. doi:10.1017/S0020743800064400. JSTOR   163876.
  13. Ali, Othman (January 1, 2006). "A Modern History of the Kurds, 3d rev. ed.: By David McDowall (London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2005. 515 pages.)". American Journal of Islam and Society. 23 (1): 92–95. doi: 10.35632/ajis.v23i1.1642 via www.ajis.org.
  14. "The New York Times: Book Review Search Article". archive.nytimes.com.
  15. "Awards: The Other Award and The Observer Teenage Fiction Prize – Books For Keeps". booksforkeeps.co.uk.