Alain Gresh

Alain Gresh in 2014

Alain Gresh (born 1948 in Cairo, Egypt) is a French journalist and former editor of Le Monde Diplomatique.

Biography

Alain Gresh was raised in Cairo. His biological father is Henri Curiel, a communist who was later assassinated in Paris.^[1] Gresh moved to Paris in his teens to study Mathematics and Arabic, and wrote his PhD dissertation on the PLO.^[2] He has written extensively on Islam and the Arab world.

He was editor of Le Monde Diplomatique, retired at end of 2015.

According to journalist Robert Fisk, Gresh is "the best commentator on the Middle East [...], whose work in Le Monde diplomatique is – or should be – essential reading for all politicians, generals, 'intelligence officers', torturers, and every Arab in the entire region."^[3]

Selected articles

• "Shadow of the army over Egypt's revolution",^[4] Le Monde Diplomatique (August 2013)
• "The Middle East: How the Peace was Lost",^[5] Le Monde Diplomatique (September 2001)

Books

In English:

• The PLO: The Struggle Within: Towards an Independent Palestinian State (1988).
• The Middle East: War Without End? (1988). With Dominique Vidal.
• An A to Z of the Middle East (1990). With Dominique Vidal.
• Ordinary Days in Dheisheh: Is the World Watching? (2000). With Munā Hamzeh.
• The New AZ of the Middle East (2004). With Dominique Vidal.
• Israel, Palestine: Truths of a Conflict (2007).

In French:

• Palestine 47, un partage avorté (1994).
• Les 100 portes du Proche-Orient, Éditions de l'Atelier (1996/2006). With Dominique Vidal.
• L'islam en questions (2000). With Tariq Ramadan.
• Palestine: Vérités sur un conflit (2001/2010).
• L'Islam, la République et le Monde (2004).
• 1905-2005: les enjeux de la laïcité (2005).
• De quoi la Palestine est-elle le nom? (2010).

References

1. "Alain Gresh: 'Rien ne sera plus comme avant'", L'Humanité, 24 February 2011.
2. "Alain Gresh", Le Monde Diplomatique'.
3. Robert Fisk, "Millions take to the streets of Egypt in an ever-growing media fantasy", The Independent (London), Sunday, 4 August 2013.
4. http://mondediplo.com/2012/08/02egypt
5. http://mondediplo.com/2001/09/01middleeastleader

External links

• Profile and column archive at Le Monde Diplomatique
• Alain Gresh page at Al Jazeera.