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British author and television presenter (born 1960)
Barnaby Rogerson (born 17 May 1960) is a British author,
television presenter and publisher. He has written extensively about the
Muslim world , including a biography of the Islamic prophet
Muhammad ,
[1]
[2] and numerous travel guides.
Rogerson was born in
Dunfermline ,
Scotland , and studied
Medieval History at
St Andrews University . He became a writer of
guidebooks , to
Morocco ,
Tunisia ,
Cyprus ,
Istanbul and
Libya . He now lives in
London with his wife and business partner, Rose Baring. Together they run
Eland Books , a publishing company specialising in reprinting classics of travel writing.
[3]
He has worked as a lecturer for tour companies such as
Martin Randall Travel ,
[4]
Eastern Approaches and Andante, and as a freelance travel writer he has written three hundred articles and reviews for the
TLS ,
Guardian ,
Independent ,
House & Garden ,
Harpers & Queen ,
Cornucopia ,
Country Life and
the Daily Telegraph .
[5]
Rogerson has also appeared as a television presenter, on the
BBC programme
Life of Muhammad ,
[6] the
Al Jazeera programme The Caliph .
[7] and Pilot productions Muslim Empire series.
Books
Rogerson has written books.
[8]
The House Divided: Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East - Pegasus Books, 2024
The Prophet Muhammad: How Islam was Born: All you Need to Know series - Connell Guides, 2018
In Search of Ancient North Africa: A History in Six Lives - Haus Publishing, 2017
Rogerson's Book of Numbers: The culture of numbers from 1001 Nights to the Seven Wonders of the World - Profile, 2013
The Last Crusaders: East, West and the Battle for the Centre of the World, 1415-1578 - Little, Brown 2009
Southern Frontiers - a photographic book by
Don McCullin ; text written by Barnaby Rogerson - Jonathan Cape, 2010
Heirs of the Prophet and the roots of the Sunni-Shia schism - Little, Brown, 2006
The Prophet Muhammad: A Biography - Little, Brown, 2003
A Traveller’s History of North Africa - Duckworth & Co Ltd, 2008; US Interlink, 2001; Windrush Press/Orion, 1998
Marrakesh, through Writers' Eyes (editor), Eland, 2006
Meetings with Remarkable Muslims (editor, with Rose Baring), Eland, 2005
Morocco (guidebook) - Cadogan, 1989, updated editions 1994, 1998, 2000 and 2004
Cyprus (guidebook) - Cadogan, 1994
Tunisia - Cadogan 1992, updated edition in 1998
Desert Air: A collection of the Poetry of Place: of Arabia, Deserts and the Orient of the Imagination (editor), Eland Books, 2007, 2001
London, the Poetry of Place (editor), Eland Books, 2003
External links
Personal website:
http://www.barnabyrogerson.com
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