Filmmaker and journalist. Currently Director of Programmes at Al Jazeera English in Doha

• Reported from 24 countries on four continents; speaks Arabic
• Made films on Iraqi refugee crisis and al-Qaeda's use of Internet
• Produced Channel 4 News's award-winning coverage of Iraq war
• Helped to start independent Iraqi news agency, Aswat al-Iraq
• Founded pioneering online news agency, Out There News
• Ran Reuters news operations in Japan and the Americas

Email paul.eedle AT outtherenews.com Twitter @pauleedle

GROWING UP
1956-78
Born in Nigeria, grew up in West Africa, went to school
in Britain. Inspired by the illuminated books of William Blake (father of multimedia!).
Studied Arabic and Islamic history at Cambridge Uni. Why? Arab oil states held the West to ransom in 1973 and nobody understood why.
Travelled to Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan and Yemen learning Arabic. Decided to become a journalist after visiting Lebanon during civil war.

MIDDLE EAST REPORTING
1979-84
Joined Reuters, trained in London and Brussels. Married Sue, who studied Arabic and Farsi at Cambridge. Based in:
Bahrain: travelled to Saudi Arabia and Gulf states. Reported Iraq-Iran war.
Lebanon: Covered Israeli invasion, Sabra-Shatila massacre, kidnappings of Westerners. War reporting in Iraq.
Iran: Reported maturing of Islamic revolution and war with Iraq. Sue lived wearing veil for nine months.

More of Paul's Story...

Coup d'etat is a novel about a Syrian army captain and a Palestinian guerrilla fighting in Lebanon's civil war.

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Window into the dark heart Insurgent propaganda on the internet reveals Iraq's sectarian civil war. November 2007

Terrorism.com How does al-Qaida stay organised when its members are in hiding and scattered across the world? Easy - it runs a website. July 2002

IRAQ: Families search prison for murderers
FT 15 April 2003

IRAQ: Marines shoot civilians
FT 11 April 2003

IRAQ: Saddam topples into Baghdad dust
FT 10 April 2003

IRAQ: Day of two Baghdads
FT 9 April 2003

IRAQ: Resistance weakens
FT 8 April 2003

IRAQ: No hiding place for civilians
FT 7 April 2003

IRAQ: Baghdad's defences crumble
FT 7 April 2003

IRAQ: Wounded stream into hospitals
FT 5 April 2003

IRAQ: Cluster bombs in Hillah
FT 3 April 2003

IRAQ: Civilians blame US for market blast
FT 30 March 2003

IRAQ: Few signs of cracks in regime
FT 24 March 2003