Rosemary Sayigh
Rosemary Sayigh (born 1935 in Birmingham, United Kingdom) is a British-born journalist and scholar of Middle Eastern history. Sayigh is known for her works on the Palestinian people, particularly refugees from the Nakba who fled to Lebanon. Her son is fellow scholar Yezid Sayigh, after marrying Yusef Sayigh in 1953. She earned her MA from the American University of Beirut in 1970 and her PhD from University of Hull in 1994.
Sayigh was a journalist with the Economist until 1970, when she left due to disgust with "the Economist's uncritical, pro-American position on the Vietnam War".[1]
During the 2006 Lebanon War, Sayigh and her family were evacuated from their home in Beirut to Cyprus.[2]
Writings[]
She is the author of Palestinians: From Peasants to Revolutionaries; A People’s History (1979, Zed Books) and Too Many Enemies: The Palestinian Experience in Lebanon (1993, Zed Books).
References[]
- ^ Soukarieh, Mayssun (Summer 2009). "Speaking Palestinian: An Interview with Rosemary Sayigh". Journal of Palestine Studies. 38 (4): 12–28. doi:10.1525/jps.2009.38.4.12. JSTOR 10.1525/jps.2009.38.4.12.
- ^ Matthews, Jenny (21 July 2006). "Safe in Cyprus, worried about home". BBC News.
External links[]
- Rosemary Sayigh author page, BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, n.d., retrieved 26 May 2013
| hide Authority control  | |
|---|---|
| General | |
| National libraries | |
| Other |
|
 | This article about a British historian or genealogist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
   | This article about a Palestinian writer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- 1935 births
- Living people
- People from Birmingham, West Midlands
- British expatriates in Lebanon
- Historians of the Middle East
- American University of Beirut alumni
- Alumni of the University of Hull
- The Economist people
- Oral historians
- British historian stubs
- Palestinian writer stubs