Rosemary Sayigh
Rosemary Sayigh (née: Boxer; born 1927) is a British-born journalist and scholar of Middle Eastern history. Sayigh is known for her works on the Palestinian people, particularly refugees from the Nakba who fled to Lebanon. Biography She was born on 15 March 1927. She is the elder sister of Mark Boxer, a British journalist. She married Yusif Sayigh at the National Evangelical Church in Beirut on 7 October 1953. Her son is fellow scholar Yezid Sayigh. She earned her MA from the American University of Beirut in 1970 and her PhD from University of Hull in 1994. Sayigh was a journalist with the Economist until 1970, when she left due to disgust with the magazine's uncritical, pro-American position on the Vietnam War". During the 2006 Lebanon War, Sayigh and her family were evacuated from their home in Beirut to Cyprus. Writings She is the author of Palestinians: From Peasants to Revolutionaries; A People’s History (1979, Zed Books) and Too Many Enemies: The Palestinian Experience in Lebanon (1993, Zed Books). References External links 1927 births Living people Writers from Birmingham, West Midlands British expatriates in Lebanon Historians of the Middle East American University of Beirut alumni Alumni of the University of Hull The Economist people Oral historians