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Middle East Researcher
Alan de Lacy Rush
ALAN RUSH is a British historical researcher
and writer with a special interest in the Middle East. Based in London and Cairo he is currently researching the history of
the ahl al-bayt (family of the Prophet Muhammad) and the Sharifs of Mecca, together with the affairs of the Hashimite royal
families of Jordan and Iraq.
Born in July 1936, Alan Rush worked as a reporter on the Daily
Express newspaper (Beaverbrook Press) in London. Later, he joined the editorial staff of The Authors’ and Writers’
Who’s Who, Burke’s Peerage and The International Statesman’s Yearbook (Mercury Publications). In the
United States he taught English literature before becoming a style-editor with the Encyclopedia Americana.
He first visited the Middle East in 1970. After teaching in the
English Department at Riyadh University (now King Saud University) in Saudi Arabia, he moved to King ‘Abd
al-‘Aziz University, Jeddah. From 1975 to 1982 he lectured at Kuwait University and contributed articles to the Kuwait
Times, Arab Times and Al-Qabas.
Since 1982 Alan Rush has travelled throughout the Middle East
and has undertaken major research projects (see below). He is a specialist in Kuwaiti affairs and the author of Al Sabah:
History and Genealogy of Kuwait’s Ruling Family 1752-1987 (Ithaca Press, 1987) He has also compiled and edited
works comprising selected papers held in Foreign Office files and in the archives of the East India Office, British
Library (London), the National Archives of India (Delhi), the archives of the Middle East Centre, Saint Antony’s
College (Oxford), the National Archives (Washington D. C.), the Ministre des Affaires Etrangères (Paris and Nantes) and the
League of Nations (Geneva).
Alan Rush has contributed articles to The Independent, Financial
Times, Al-Hayat, Middle East International, Journal of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs and The Middle East Economic Digest
(MEED).
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