Max Rodenbeck

Max Rodenbeck began writing for The Economist in 1989. He has been Chief Middle East Correspondent since 2000, covering the region from Morocco to the Iran, and topics ranging from wars in Iraq and Lebanon to radical Islam, Arabic pop culture and the ancient art of distilling arak. A frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, his own book “Cairo: The City Victorious” has been published in eight languages.