Arthur Neslen

Who is Arthur Neslen?

Arthur Neslen is a British-born journalist and author of two books about identity in the Middle East. Occupied Minds: A Journey Through the Israeli Psyche was published by Pluto Press in 2006 and In Your Eyes A Sandstorm: Ways of Being Palestinian was published by University of California Press in October, 2011. He is also the author of the booklet Gaza: Dignity Under Siege which was published by CIDSE in 2009. All three are collections of interviews and photographs.

Neslen began his career at the City Limits magazine and worked as the international editor of for Red Pepper and as a broadcast journalist for the BBC. He has written about the Middle East for The Guardian, The Observer, Haaretz, Jane's Information Group and as a correspondent for the websites of The Economist and al-Jazeera.