Eamonn Gearon
Eamonn Gearon is an author, Arabist, and analyst. Gearon's career goal has been the development of understanding and insight between the Greater Middle East and the West.[1] Gearon is best known for his book The Sahara: A Cultural History (2011).[2]
Gearon is also a desert explorer.[3] In 1997, he began his lifelong education in desert survival, navigation and camel husbandry. Initially studying under the Bedu in western Egypt, Eamonn Gearon went on to pursue solo, camel-powered explorations in the Egyptian Sahara.[4]
Education
[edit ]Gearon has a B.Th. degree from the University of Southampton [5] and an MA in Near and Middle Eastern Studies and Arabic from SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), the University of London.
Career
[edit ]Gearon has written articles dealing with history, politics and social affairs across the Greater Middle East. His work has appeared in publications such as The Daily Telegraph , The Independent , Times Literary Supplement , History Today ,[6] Al-Ahram , Geographical , New Internationalist , and The London Magazine .[citation needed ]
Gearon briefs business intelligence organisations and writes for the Jane's group, Middle East International , and the Middle East magazine.[7]
Film
[edit ]Gearon wrote, produced and directed the documentary film A Mother's Love. Shot entirely on location in post-genocide Rwanda, the film explores the life of Rosamond Carr, an American who lived in Rwanda for 50 years, and founded the Imbabazi Orphanage.[8] [9]
Lectures
[edit ]Eamonn Gearon lectures on various topics, including the history, politics and current affairs of the Greater Middle East.
He has lectured, among other venues, at the Universities of Oxford [10] Edinburgh, Royal Scots Club, London School of Economics,[11] and the American University in Cairo; as a speaker on the RMS Queen Mary 2 [12] and for other groups, such as Rotary International and Lions Clubs International.
Bibliography
[edit ]Author
[edit ]- The Sahara: A Cultural History, 2011.[13]
Contributor
[edit ]- Meetings With Remarkable Muslims, 2005 (ed. Barnaby Rogerson and Rose Baring).[14]
- An Encyclopaedia of African History, 2004 (ed. Kevin Shillington).[15]
- Sahara Overland, 2004 (ed. Chris Scott).[16]
References
[edit ]- ^ "The World according to..." Wanderlust Magazine. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ The Sahara: A Cultural History. Signal Books. ASIN 1904955827.
- ^ "The Sahara: A Long Way from a Cultural Desert". Mikael Strandberg. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ http://archive.arabnews.com/?page=21§ion=0&article=76566&d=22&m=1&y=2006/ [permanent dead link ]
- ^ "University of Southampton: Books by Alumni". Archived from the original on 6 November 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Arab Invasions: The First Islamic Empire". History Today. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Middle East Magazine". Exact Editions.
- ^ Eamonn Gearon at IMDb
- ^ "A Mother's Love".
- ^ "From the Niger to the Nile: One Hundred Years of Saharan Exploration". ASTENE Ninth Biennial Conference, Oxford July 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2020.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "The Sahara: A Cultural History". LSE Middle East Center. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Cunard Insights" (PDF). Cunard.
- ^ Gearon, Eamonn (2011). The Sahara: A Cultural History. UK: Signal Books. p. 256. ISBN 978-1-904955-82-5.
- ^ Meetings With Remarkable Muslims: A Collection. Eland & Sickle Moon Books. 2005. ISBN 090787164X.
- ^ Encyclopedia of African History 3-Volume Set. Routledge. 2004. p. 1912. ISBN 978-1-57958-245-6.
- ^ Scott, Chris (2005) [2004]. Sahara Overland (2nd ed.). UK: Trailblazer Publications. p. 688. ISBN 978-1-873756-76-8.
External links
[edit ]- Living people
- English non-fiction writers
- English travel writers
- English explorers
- English film directors
- English film producers
- English people of Irish descent
- Alumni of the University of Southampton
- Alumni of SOAS University of London
- British Arabists
- Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society
- English male non-fiction writers