Diana Darke Explained

Diana Darke
Birth Date:	6 March 1956
Birth Place:	London, England, UK
Occupation:	Author, Middle East writer, Arabist, Broadcaster

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]

Publications

• Syria, Bradt Travel Guides, 2010, .
• Oman, Bradt Travel Guides, 2010, .
• North Cyprus, Bradt Travel Guides, 2012, .
• Eastern Turkey, Bradt Travel Guides, 2014,
• My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis, Haus Publishing, 2016, .https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-House-Damascus-Inside-Syrian/dp/190832399X
• The Merchant of Syria: A History of Survival, Hurst Publishers, 2018, .https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/4-may/books-arts/book-reviews/the-merchant-of-syria-a-history-of-survival-diana-darke
• The Last Sanctuary in Aleppo (co-author), Headline Publishing, 2019, .https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Sanctuary-Aleppo-Searching-War-Torn/dp/1472260570/
• Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture shaped Europe, Hurst Publishers, 2020, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stealing-Saracens-Islamic-Architecture-Shaped/dp/1787383059/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3PV9OBY5CKS00&keywords=diana+darke&qid=1569928115&sprefix=diana+dar%2Caps%2C139&sr=8-2
• The Ottomans: A Cultural Legacy, Thames & Hudson, 2022,

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. News: Syria peace talks and polls signal Assad's growing confidence. 12 April 2016 . BBC News. 2016-08-22.
2. Web site: Syria's Golan Heights and its Druze residents, From Our Own Correspondent - BBC Radio 4. BBC. 2016-08-22.
3. News: The strange normality of life in the middle of Syria's war. 17 December 2014 . BBC News. 2016-08-22.
4. News: Kobani's destruction is an opportunity for rebuilding hope. 2015-02-03. The Guardian. en-GB. 0261-3077. 2016-08-22.
5. News: The choice in Syria's election: vote for Assad or else …. 2014-06-02. The Guardian. en-GB. 0261-3077. 2016-08-22.
6. News: The civil war's threat to Damascus. 2013-01-02. The Guardian. en-GB. 0261-3077. 2016-08-22.
7. News: Curious ironies of the Olympics-timed ceasefire in Homs. 2014-02-10. Financial Times. 0307-1766. 2016-08-22.
8. News: Isis has filled the vacuum in Syria left by the west's inertia. 2014-01-08. Financial Times. 0307-1766. 2016-08-22.
9. Web site: Oil and water, not religion, are fuelling Isis campaign to wipe out minorities . https://web.archive.org/web/20150208081938/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/focus/article1444902.ece. dead. 8 February 2015. The Sunday Times . 2016-08-22.
10. Web site: We must not allow a few fanatics ruin this fledgling democracy . Darke. Diana. 27 June 2015. The Daily Telegraph. 2016-08-22.
11. Web site: Tunisia: 'lessons were not learnt from Bardo museum attack' . Darke. Diana. 26 June 2015. The Daily Telegraph. 2016-08-22.
12. Web site: Turkey: Free from costly conflicts with its own minorities, Al Araby. Darke. Diana. Al Araby . 8 June 2015 . en. 2016-08-22.
13. Web site: A door to Damascus . . 2016-08-22.
14. Web site: A House in Damascus, From Our Own Correspondent . BBC Radio 4. 2016-08-22.