Ian Black (journalist)
# Ian Black (journalist)

Ian Black (15 July 1953 – 22 January 2023) was a British journalist and author focusing on international political issues.

## Career

Black was a visiting senior fellow at the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was Middle East editor at The Guardian newspaper, starting in 1980 as a reporter, Middle East correspondent, diplomatic editor, European editor and leader writer.

## Personal life and death

Black had frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). He and his wife, Helen Harris, who lived in north London, had two daughters. He also had a son from a previous marriage.

Black died on 22 January 2023, at the age of 69.

## Awards

In 2010, Black was awarded a Peace through Media Award by the International Council for Press and Broadcasting at the sixth annual International Media Awards in London.

## Works

* Ian Black; Benny Morris, Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services. (Grove Press, 1991) ISBN 0-8021-1159-9
* Ian Black, Zionism and the Arabs 1936-1939. (Routledge, 2016) ISBN 978-1138907348
* Ian Black, Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017. (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2017) ISBN 978-0802127037
