Zaki Chehab

Zaki Chehab – author, journalist and political editor of London-based Al Hayat and of the Arabic TV channel LBC. Zaki Chehab is one of the Arab world's leading journalists and has unrivalled qualifications to do justice to the subject of his book Inside the Resistance (US - Nation Books) / Iraq Ablaze (I.B.Tauris - World x US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain), which provides the first authoritative portrait of the insurgency in all its complexity. Zaki Chehab has covered conflicts in the Middle East for more than 25 years including the Civil War in Lebanon, the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the Intifada in the West Bank and Gaza and the wars in Yemen, the Gulf and Afghanistan. His first encounter with Saddam Hussein in Iraq was in 1978, shortly after Saddam executed his rivals in the Ba'ath Party. Chehab's close contact with many key figures within the Iraqi opposition goes back 15 years. Chehab has interviewed many of the world's leaders including Bill Clinton, Saddam Hussein, George Bush senior, Margaret Thatcher, John Major and most of the Arab world's kings, sheikhs, and presidents. In the recent conflict in Iraq, Zaki Chehab reported from the cities of Iraq as they fell to the American and British forces. He was the first journalist to broadcast interviews with the Iraqi Resistance and has appeared on CNN, Channel 4, BBC and other international news channels to comment on the growth of these groups. He has also published articles in The Guardian (UK) , The Baltimore Sun and been quoted in La Republica (Italy) and La Stampa (Italy). He is in discussion with a major international network to produce a documentary about this subject.