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Paul Lunde | |
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Born | 1943 California |
Died | Cambridge, UK |
Occupation | Arabist, writer |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley, SOAS, Université Libanaise (Beirut) |
Relatives | David Lunde (brother), Patricia A. McKillip (sister-in-law), Caroline Stone (wife), Sir Richard Stone (father-in-law), Alexander and James Stone Lunde (sons) |
Paul Lunde (born 1943) was an American Arabist and writer. He wrote or translated many books on Islam and the Arab world, and also wrote a book on codes and another on organised crime. He was a frequent contributor to Aramco World , the in-house magazine of Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia.
Lunde was born in California in 1943, and grew up in Saudi Arabia. He went to the University of California at Berkeley to study Arabic, and continued his studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. [1]
Lunde wrote more than sixty articles for Aramco World , including an entire issue on "The Middle East and the Age of Discovery" in 1992, and a special issue on "The Indian Ocean and Global Trade" in 2005. [15] [16]
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