David Holden (1924-1977) was a writer, journalist, and broadcaster, best known as a journalist specialising in Middle-Eastern affairs, who was murdered in Cairo.
Born in Sunderland (Tyne and Wear), Northeast England, he was educated at Great Ayton Friends' School in North Yorkshire, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (USA).
After a three-year stint as a schoolteacher in Scotland, he worked as a profession...
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David Holden (1924-1977) was a writer, journalist, and broadcaster, best known as a journalist specialising in Middle-Eastern affairs, who was murdered in Cairo.
Born in Sunderland (Tyne and Wear), Northeast England, he was educated at Great Ayton Friends' School in North Yorkshire, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (USA).
After a three-year stint as a schoolteacher in Scotland, he worked as a professional actor, then returned to North America, where he wandered as an odd-job man in the US and Mexico. In 1955 he was recruited as an assistant correspondent in Washington by The Times (London) and was transferred the following year to the Middle East to cover the political and diplomatic crisis following the joint invasion of Egypt by Israel, France, and Britain.
As Middle East Correspondent for The Times, he travelled throughout the Arab World during the next four years, then was named roving corespondent. In 1961 he joined The Guardian with...
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