Palestinian journalist, Said K. Aburish, died on August 29

August 29, 2015 1:31 AM

Three years ago today saw the end of Palestinian writer Saïd Aburish. Parkinson's disease, he was 77. Aburish chose America for education and early life experience that included Princeton, the US Army and Madison Avenue. Aburish went to ground after writing this book. Of all the obituaries, Marian Houk's of The Independent is by far the most knowing, and his keenest publisher had kind things to say. The Guardian said Aburish "did much to illuminate the relationship between the Middle East and the west," and "Aburish’s writing was notably blunt" said the New York Times. At Twitter, and Google. R.I.P.
posted by Schroder (3 comments total)

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posted by Cash4Lead at 4:41 AM on August 29, 2015

Four years ago, a year before Aburish' death, Niqnaq said "why said aburish is the best writer on arab affairs." A year later at Niqnaq, "M" said of skabu's farewell "dignified, simple, and very moving"
... skabu? Aburish correspondence sign-off.
posted by Schroder at 5:25 AM on August 29, 2015 [1 favorite]

There are a lot of obituaries that show up here, but not nearly as many remembrances.

Ben Franklin said if you want to be remembered write something or do something that others will write about. Aburish seems to have accomplished both.

I'll be adding his name to my list of authors to look for amongst the stacks of used books. Thanks Schroder for the remembrance.
posted by three blind mice at 6:33 AM on August 29, 2015