nationality name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
uk karl sabbagh worcestershire , england karl sabbagh
 khalil sabbagh writer , journalist , producer
karl sabbagh

karl sabbagh is a palestinian-british writer , journalist and television producer .
his work is mainly non-fiction : he has written books about historical events and produced documentaries for both british and american broadcasters .
karl sabbagh was born in worcestershire , england , during the early 1940s .
his father was the palestinian christian broadcaster isa sabbagh , at the time working for the bbc arabic service ; his mother , born pamela graydon , was english , though of american and irish parentage .
his parents divorced soon after he was born , and his father subsequently lived in the united states , but karl -lrb- originally named khalil after his grandfather -rrb- remained in england with his mother .
sabbagh 's 2006 book `` palestine '' interweaves a history of palestine from the 18th century , with an account of his paternal family , who were prominent christian members of palestinian society in galilee throughout that period , settled in the town of safad from at least the beginning of the 19th century .
the book includes a critical account of the zionist settlement and eventual takeover of palestine in the first half of the 20th century .
