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Robert Fisk
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Robert Fisk was a renowned English journalist and foreign correspondent who spent decades reporting from conflict zones across the Middle East and beyond, becoming known for his investigative approach to international affairs. His work and prolific output shaped how many people understood major global events, particularly those involving wars and political instability in regions like Lebanon, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
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Film & TV
Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
Known for
- This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth — Self - Narrator / Journalist2019
- Three Thoughts on Terror2018
- Shadow World — Self - Journalist2016
- Valentino's Ghost — Self2013
- Global Haywire — Self2006
- Dark Secrets: Inside Bohemian Grove — Self2000
- From Beirut to Bosnia — Self1993
- Dispatches1987
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Maidstone
- Place of death
- Dublin
- Spouse
- Nelofer Pazira
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- The Independent
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Field of work
- journalism
- Official website
- www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk
- Image
- Robert Fisk, Christchurch, 2008.jpg
- Work location
- Beirut
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- Robert Fisk
- date of birth
- 1946-07-12
- date of death
- 2020-10-30
- cause of death
- stroke
- name in native language
- Robert Fisk
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- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert William Fisk (12 July 1946 – 30 October 2020) was an English writer and journalist. He was critical of United States foreign policy in the Middle East, and the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinians.
As an international correspondent, he covered the civil wars in Lebanon, Algeria, and Syria, the Iran–Iraq conflict, the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Islamic revolution in Iran, Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, and the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. An Arabic speaker, he was among the few Western journalists to interview Osama bin Laden, which he did three times between 1993 and 1997.
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