Claude Salhani Explained

Birth Date:March 25, 1952
Birth Place:Cairo, Egypt
Death Place:Paris, France
Occupation:Photographer, journalist, editor, author
Years Active:1981–2022
Employer:Sygma, UPI, Reuters, Sipa Press
Known For:Pulitzer Prize-nominated photos of the 1983 bombing on USMC HQ Beirut

Claude Salhani (March 25, 1952 – August 13, 2022) was born in Cairo. He was a Lebanese, French & American photographer for United Press International (UPI) and Reuters news agencies, later head of UPI Photos and UPI Foreign Desk Editor as well as policy expert and author, best known for his photographic reportage of the 23 October 1983 Beirut barracks bombings on the United States Marines.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] During his journalism career, Salhani covered Black September, the Lebanon Civil War, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the Dhofar War (Oman), the Iran-Iraq War, the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the Gulf War, the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the Czech Velvet Revolution, and the Iraq War (Operation Enduring Freedom) as well as the wider Middle East, Europe, and Africa.[1] [3] [6]

Background

Claude Salhani was born on March 25, 1952, in Cairo, Egypt. In the 2000s, he earned an MA in Conflict Analysis and Management from Royal Roads University.[1] [6]

Career

In 1970, age 18, Salhani joined An-Nahar and L'Orient-Le Jour newspapers in Beirut.[1] [3] He covered clashes between Jordanian and Palestinian forces ("Black September") in Jordan.[1] By 1973, he had joined Sygma photo agency, whose clients included Time and Newsweek magazines, and landed photos on at least two covers of Time (1973,[8] 1975[9]).[1] He worked for Sygma until 1980.[6] In 1981, he became head of UPI Photos for the Middle East; in 1983, he covered the bombing of US Marine Corps barracks in Beirut.[1] [3] In 1984, he joined Reuters news agency as head of Reuters Photos for Europe, Middle East, and Africa; he lived in Brussels, London, and Paris.[1] [6] [10] [11] In the early 1990s, he moved to Washington, first to head US operations for Sipa Press and then to rejoin UPI as head of Photos through the rest of the 1990s and in 2000 international editor.[1] [12] He also served as editor for the Middle East Times and the Washington Times.[1] Later, Salhani became a media analyst for major newspapers and an international television station.[3] He contributed to publications by The National (UAE), the Cato Institute,[13] and American Foreign Service Association. He also appeared on C-SPAN television.[4]

Personal life and death

Salhani married Cynthia Nuckolls; they had two children, Justin and Isabelle.[1] [6]

Salhani had many narrow escapes on the front lines. In 1981, Salhani inside the Reuters building when Israeli artillery hit it and escaped with minor injury.[1] [5] On another occasion, a Palestinian splinter group detained him; Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian Liberation Organization secured his release.[1] [5] In 1983, while photographing the 1983 bombing of USMC HQ barracks in Beirut, he also helped dig out survivors.[5]

Salhani was personal friends with Gibran Tueni, founder of An-Nahar.[14] He was a mentor to many photographers and journalists, including UPI and Reuters colleagues Martin Sieff,[5] Dalal Saoud,[1] Aline Manoukian,[7] and Jack Dabaghian,[6] all of whom paid tribute to him.

Claude Salhani died age 70 on August 13, 2022, in Paris, France,[1] [3] [5] and a service was held at Père Lachaise Cemetery.[6]

Awards

Legacy

The US National Portrait Gallery has a photograph of Yasser Arafat by Salhani dated 1974.[15]

Since the 1970s, Salhani's photos, editorials, and personal recollections also became sources for other books on history and policy,[16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] as well as for his own memoir, Black September to Desert Storm (1998).[24] [25] [26]

In 1995, US Ambassador David D. Pearce called him "one of the premier photographers of the war in Lebanon."[27] In 2022, UPI colleague Martin Sieff called him "the Willie Mays of journalism – he could – and did do everything well."[5]

Occasionally, Salhani himself appeared as an actor in history, for example Thomas L. Friedman's 1990 book From Beirut to Jerusalem[28] and David Petraeus and Nigel West's 2016 Spycraft Secrets.[29]

Salhani contributed personal photos to US military historians including former US Marine Benis M. Frank in his 1987 book U.S. Marines in Lebanon, 1982-1984[30] and former US Navy SEAL Chuck Pfarrer in his 2003 book Warrior Soul.[31]

Works

Books

Books (Non-Fiction) Authored
Books (Fiction) Authored

Articles

Articles for UPI
Articles for The National (UAE)
Articles for the Washington Times
Articles for the Cato Institute
Articles for Foreign Service Journal
Articles for The National Interest

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Dalal. Saoud. Claude Salhani, former UPI photographer in Beirut, dies at 70. United Press International (UPI). 22 August 2022. 23 August 2022.
  2. Web site: Bio. Mideast Reviews. 19 August 2022.
  3. News: Passing of Photographer Claude Salhani (Arabic). AnNahar. 15 August 2022. 21 August 2022.
  4. Web site: Claude Salhani. C-SPAN. 21 August 2022.
  5. Web site: Martin. Sieff. Tribute to the great journalist Claude Salhani. Global Policy Institute. 17 August 2022. 23 August 2022.
  6. Jack. Dabaghian. Une figure emblématique du photojournalisme: Claude Salhani (1952–2022). A l'oeil [Gratis]. Puech. 26 August 2022. 4 September 2022.
  7. Aline. Manoukian. "Farewell handsome guy": Claude Salhani. A l'oeil [Gratis]. Puech. 26 August 2022. 4 September 2022.
  8. News: American Jews and Israel. Time. 10 March 1975. 21 August 2022.
  9. News: War on Terrorism. Time. 31 October 1977. 21 August 2022.
  10. News: Reuters Appoints 5 Editors To Run News Photo Service. New York Times. 4 December 1984. 21 August 2022.
  11. News: Editor & Publisher. Editor & Publisher Co.. 40. 1985. 21 August 2022.
  12. Book: News Media Yellow Book. Monitor Leadership Directories. 43. 2006. 21 August 2022.
  13. A Changing World: Moscow, Iraq, the EU. Cato Policy Report. Cato Institute. 4. 2004. 21 August 2022.
  14. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Analysis: Today They Killed My Friend. United Press International. 12 December 2005. 19 August 2022.
  15. Web site: Yasser Arafat. National Portrait Gallery. 21 August 2022.
  16. Book: Chami , Joseph G. . Days of Tragedy: Lebanon 75-76. J. Chaim - G. Castoriades . 1977. 21 August 2022.
  17. Book: The Arabs: People and Power. Encyclopedia Britannica / Bantam Books. 252. 1978. 21 August 2022.
  18. Book: Harrell R. . Rodgers. Michael. Harrington. Unfinished Democracy: The American Political System. Scott, Foresman. 611. 1981. 21 August 2022.
  19. Book: Zeʼev. Chafets. Ze'ev . Ḥēfeṣ. Double Vision: How the Press Distorts America's View of the Middle East. Morrow. 72, 326 (fn9). 1985. 21 August 2022.
  20. Book: Cooley , John K. . Payback: America's Long War in the Middle East. Brassey's. 1991. 21 August 2022.
  21. Book: Bulliet , Richard W. . Richard W. Bulliet. Crisis in the Middle East. Grolier. 92. 1992. 21 August 2022.
  22. Book: Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier. 669–670. 1996. 21 August 2022.
  23. Book: Nourizadeh , N. . The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy. AuthorHouse. 2014. 21 August 2022.
  24. Book: Muḥammad . ibn ʻAbd al-Ghanī Nawāwī. Mohammed . El-Nawawy. The Israeli-Egyptian Peace Process in the Reporting of Western Journalists. Ablex. xiv. 2002. 21 August 2022.
  25. Book: Kai. Bird. Kai Bird. The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames. Crown, May. 403, 409. 2014. 21 August 2022.
  26. Book: M.R. . Haberfeld. Agostino . Hassell. A New Understanding of Terrorism: Case Studies, Trajectories and Lessons Learned. Springer Science & Business Media. 282. 2009. 21 August 2022.
  27. Book: David D.. Pearce. David D. Pearce . Wary Partners: Diplomats and the Media. Congressional Quarterly. 83. 1995. 21 August 2022.
  28. Book: Thomas L. . Friedman. Thomas L. Friedman. From Beirut to Jerusalem. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 62. 1990. 21 August 2022.
  29. Book: Nigel. West. Nigel West. David. Petraeus. David Petraeus. Spycraft Secrets: An Espionage A-Z. The History Press. 2016. 21 August 2022.
  30. Book: Frank , Benis M. . U.S. Marines in Lebanon, 1982-1984. History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. 25, 40, 42, 44, 48, 52, 54, 55, 57, 59, 60, 64, 72, 76, 78, 87, 99, 120, 135, 136, 138. 1987 . 21 August 2022.
  31. Book: Frank , Benis M. . Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy SEAL. Random House. 2003. 21 August 2022.
  32. Book: Salhani , Claude . Claude Salhani. Black September to Desert Storm : A Journalist in the Middle East. University of Missouri Press. 1998. 97050623. 19 August 2022.
  33. Book: Salhani , Claude . Claude Salhani. While the Arab World Slept: The Impact of the Bush years on the Middle East. xLibris. 2009. 2009908452. 19 August 2022.
  34. Book: Salhani , Claude . Claude Salhani. Islam Without a Veil: Kazakhstan's Path of Moderation. Potomac Books. 2011. 2011008864. 19 August 2022.
  35. Book: Salhani , Claude . Claude Salhani. Islam Without a Veil: Kazakhstan's Path of Moderation. Potomac Books. 2011. 19 August 2022.
  36. Book: Salhani , Claude . Claude Salhani. Islam Without a Veil: Kazakhstan's Path of Moderation. Potomac Books. 2011. 19 August 2022.
  37. Book: Salhani , Claude . Claude Salhani. Nimer. Mohamed . The Problem is Knee-Jerk Reactions and Counter-Reactions. Islamophobia and Anti-Americanism: Causes and Remedies. 2007. 93–96. Amana Publications. 21 August 2022.
  38. Book: Salhani , Claude . Claude Salhani. Inauguration Day: A Thriller. Yucca. 2015. 2015019930. 19 August 2022.
  39. Book: Salhani , Claude . Claude Salhani. Inauguration Day: A Thriller. Yucca. 2015. 2015019930. 19 August 2022.
  40. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. The other Sept. remembrance. United Press International. 12 September 2002. 19 August 2022.
  41. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Analysis: What is Plan B in the Iraq War?. United Press International. 1 March 2003. 19 August 2022.
  42. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Iraq: One year Later. United Press International. 14 March 2004. 19 August 2022.
  43. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Analysis: Preparing the post-Arafat Era. United Press International. 4 November 2004. 19 August 2022.
  44. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Politics & Policies: Iran a Clear Danger. United Press International. 27 October 2005. 19 August 2022.
  45. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Politics & Policies: Ahmadinejad's Antics. United Press International. 14 December 2005. 19 August 2022.
  46. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Jordanian Role Larger Than First Reported. United Press International. June 2006.
  47. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Intelligence Summit Takes Flak. United Press International. 9 March 2007. 19 August 2022.
  48. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Intelligence Summit Takes Flak. United Press International. 26 September 2007. 4 December 2022.
  49. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Al Jazeera's historic role in Arab political change becomes a news story in itself. The National. 29 September 2011. 21 August 2022.
  50. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Hamas cools to Syria as the Arab Spring's tally mounts. The National. 3 October 2011. 21 August 2022.
  51. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Fighting an old war on terror requires new coordination. The National. 8 October 2011. 21 August 2022.
  52. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Turkey takes a leading role in the region but not everyone applauds. The National. 20 October 2011. 21 August 2022.
  53. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Lebanon on a Tinderbox. Washington Times. 19 November 2006. 21 August 2022.
  54. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Kazakhstan assumes presidency of Europe security group. Washington Times. 15 January 2020. 4 December 2022.
  55. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Kazakh official warns against quitting Afghanistan. Washington Times. 1 February 2020. 4 December 2022.
  56. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Kazakh crackdown on media exposes vulnerabilities. Washington Times. 11 February 2020. 4 December 2022.
  57. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Revolt in Central Asia. Washington Times. 12 April 2020. 4 December 2022.
  58. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Key player in nuclear, Afghan security. Washington Times. 13 April 2020. 4 December 2022.
  59. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Key player in nuclear, Afghan security. Washington Times. 22 September 2020. 4 December 2022.
  60. Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. The Syria Accountability Act: Taking the Wrong Road to Damascus. Policy Analysis. Cato Institute. 18 March 2004. 21 August 2022.
  61. Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Resolving the Palestine Question. Foreign Service Journal. American Foreign Service Association. June 2003. 21 August 2022.
  62. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Olmert's Secret Weapon: Prime Minister Deployed a Boomerang. The National Interest. 13 September 2006. 4 December 2022.
  63. News: Claude. Salhani. Claude Salhani. Live from Lebanon. The National Interest. 17 November 2006. 4 December 2022.

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