Robert Fisk





Robert Fisk

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July 12, 1946 in Maidstone, Kent, England, The United Kingdom

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Robert Fisk is an English writer and journalist. As Middle East correspondent of The Independent, he has primarily been based in Beirut for more than 30 years. He has published a number of books and has reported on the United States'war in Afghanistan and its 2003 invasion of Iraq. Fisk holds more British and International Journalism awards than any other foreign correspondent. The New York Times once described Robert Fisk as "probably the most famous foreign correspondent in Britain.

Fisk has said that journalism must "challenge authority, all authority, especially so when governments and politicians take us to war." He is a pacifist and has never voted.


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Bashar al-Assad will get away with it. He got away with Deraa. He got away with Homs. And he'll get away with Houla. So will the armed opposition to the regime, along with al-Qa'ida and any other outfits joining in Syria's tragedy. Yes, this may be the critical moment, the... read more »
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The Great War for Civilisat...
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Pity the Nation: The Abduct...
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The Age Of The Warrior: Sel...
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In Time of War: Ireland, Ul...
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“Soldier and civilian, they died in their tens of thousands because death had been concocted for them, morality hitched like a halter round the warhorse so that we could talk about 'target-rich environments' and 'collateral damage' - that most infantile of attempts to shake off the crime of killing - and report the victory parades, the tearing down of statues and the importance of peace.
Governments like it that way. They want their people to see war as a drama of opposites, good and evil, 'them' and 'us', victory or defeat. But war is primarily not about victory or defeat but about death and the infliction of death. It represents a total failure of the human spirit.”
Robert Fisk, The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East

“When I arrived in Beirut from Europe, I felt the oppressive, damp heat, saw the unkempt palm trees and smelt the Arabic coffee, the fruit stalls and the over-spiced meat. It was the beginning of the Orient. And when I flew back to Beirut from Iran, I could pick up the British papers, ask for a gin and tonic at any bar, choose a French, Italian, or German restaurant for dinner. It was the beginning of the West. All things to all people, the Lebanese rarely questioned their own identity.”
Robert Fisk, Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon

“.. أصابت النكسات الجيوش التي وصلت لبنان : منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية والسوريون والسعوديون واليمنيون الشماليون والسودانيون والأسرائيليون والأميركيون والفرنسيون والإيطاليون وحتى المفرزة البريطانية – كلهم غادروا بيروت ومنهم من استولى عليه اليأس او لحقت به الإهانة أو خجل من نفسه. كل هؤلاء رحّب بهم اللبنانيون بسعادة وود ودهاء وشك. ففي تشرين الثاني 1976 راقبت الدبابات السورية وهي تعبر ضاحية الحازمية ببيروت. وكان أحد طاقم الدبابات الأولى يعزف على قيثارة. هذا بينما كان المسيحيون اللبنانيون يرشون ماء الورد وينثرون الرز على السوريين من شرفاتهم, وهي ظاهرة كنا نحن الصحفيين نصفها بأنها تحية عربية تقليدية , وبعد نحو خمس سنوات ونصف كنت أقف في البقعة ذاتها أراقب الإسرائيليين على الطريق ذاتها بينما كان اللبنانيون ذاتهم يحيونهم بالطريقة نفسها من شرفاتهم. وقال لي إذ ذاك كولونيل أسرائيلي مرح:"أنظر كيف يحيوننا , لقد جئنا لتحرير بلادهم, وكانوا في إنتظارنا"..”
Robert Fisk, ويلات وطن: صراعات الشرق الأوسط وحروب لبنان

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