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All the Last Wars: around the world with the Goya of conflict photography
Harper's Magazine
There were no civilian cars on the streets of Mosul, Iraq, last December, when the…
The View of Afghanistan From the Island of Elba
Stratfor
When rulers seek unslayable dragons to destroy, they should remember Elba. This tranquil, idyllic isle…
The Voices of Syria Have Always Been Ignored by the West
The Intercept
The Syrian story is a tapestry of tales, woven together from pain and courage, love…
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About the Author
Charles Glass is a broadcaster, journalist and writer, who began his journalistic career in 1973 at the ABC News Beirut bureau with Peter Jennings. He covered the October Arab-Israeli War on the Egyptian and Syrian fronts. He also covered civil war in Lebanon, where artillery fire wounded him in 1976. He was ABC News Chief Middle East correspondent from 1983 to 1993. Since 1993, he has been a freelance writer in Paris, Tuscany, Venice and London, regularly covering the Middle East, the Balkans, southeast Asia and the Mediterranean region. He has also published books, short stories, essays and articles in the United States and Europe.