Brian Whitaker

Brian Whitaker (born 13 June 1947) is a British journalist and writer. He studied Latin at the University of Birmingham and Arabic studies at the University of Westminster. A former joint investigations editor of The Sunday Times, he left the title at the time of the Wapping dispute.

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 * Racism is a worldwide phenomenon. In some countries it's met with disapproval, in others with denial. The A to Z of ethnic and religious groups in the Middle East embraces Alawites, Armenians, Assyrians, Baháʼís, Berbers, Copts, Druzes, Ibadis, Ismailis, Jews, Kurds, Maronites, Sahrawis, Tuareq, Turkmens, Yazidis and Zaidis and Nubians (by no means an exhaustive list), and yet serious discussion of ethnic/religious diversity and its place in society is a long-standing taboo. If the existence of non-Arab or non-Muslim groups is acknowledged at all, it is usually only to declare how wonderfully everyone gets along.
 * "The race taboo", The Guardian (8 September 2006).