Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Arabist, writer and translator
Tim Mackintosh-Smith is a British Arabist, traveler and translator who has written many books about the Middle East and the Arab world.
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British Born 1961 in the United Kingdom
About Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Tim Mackintosh-Smith was born in the United Kingdom in 1961. He has authored many books about the Middle East, received several awards and fronted a large BBC television series. His earlier works include Travels with a Tangerine and Yemen. He also holds a senior fellowship at the Library of Arabic Literature. Newsweek included him in a 2011 list of the twelve best travel writers of the last hundred years. Arabs is one of his books available as a summary on BookBits.