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

Pluto Press

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 in 2006 and In Your Eyes A Sandstorm: Ways of Being Palestinian will be published by University of California Press

University of California Press

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 in October, 2011. He is also the author of the booklet Gaza: Dignity Under Siege which was published by CIDSE (International Co-operation for Development and Solidarity) in 2009. All three are collections of interviews and photographs.

Neslen began his career at City Limits and went on to work as the international editor of Red Pepper

Red Pepper (magazine)

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 and as a broadcast journalist at the BBC. He has written about the Middle East for The Guardian

The Guardian

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 , The Observer

The Observer

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, Haaretz

Haaretz

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, Jane's Information Group

Jane's Information Group

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 and as a correspondent for the websites of The Economist

The Economist

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 and al-Jazeera (where he was the only Jewish staff member).