Robert Irwin

Robert Irwin, a British novelist and scholar of medieval Islam, is the Middle East editor of the Times Literary Supplement. His most recent novel is Wonders Will Never Cease.

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Response · February 13, 2017
Jerusalem of (Fool’s) Gold
By Robert Irwin
The Met's presentation of Jerusalem as a vibrant trade hub and cultural melting pot is seductive, but false.
Response · June 8, 2016
Middle East Pundits and their Mainly Worthless Prophecies
By Robert Irwin
One may wonder why we bother to have Middle East experts at all, since their record is hardly better than that of the Sovietologists. Bernard Lewis is an exception.