Brian Whitaker is a journalist for the British newspaper The Guardian since 1987 and its Middle East editor from 2000-2007. He has a degree in Arabic from the University of Westminster. He was formerly a Ph.D. candidate in Middle Eastern studies, but did not finish the degree. He runs a web site "in his spare time" entitled Al-Bab.com It is a liberal Arab site.
Books
- "Unspeakable Love. Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East" (2006), Saqi Books: ISBN 086356819X, University of California Press: ISBN 0520250176
- Notes and Queries, vol. 1-5 (1992), a collection of Q&A from the readers of The Guardian
