Adel Bishtawi

Historian, novelist, and researcher in the origins of civilisation, Adel S. (Said) Bishtawi was born in Nazareth in 1945. He read English and world literature at Damascus University and took a course in linguistics at Central London Polytechnic. Bishtawi started his reporting career in the mid-1960s, cofounded in London the Asharq Al Awsat and Al-Hayat newspapers, and became central managing editor of the Emirates News Agency in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He was a production assistant for a number of TV documentaries and later produced, directed, and wrote Muslims along the Silk Road, a five-part documentary tracing the culture, heritage, and legacy of Muslim pioneers and merchants along the Silk Road. Bishtawi interviewed for TV and press world political leaders including Indian prime minister Indira Ghandi, British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, Afghan president Hafizullah Amin (shortly before his execution along with members of his family at the start of the Russian invasion of his country), Austrian chancellor Bruno Kreisky, Malaysian prime minister Mahatir Muhammad, Pakistani president Mohammad Zial-ul-Haq, Pakistani prime minister Mohammad Khan Junejo, and many others. Bishtawi has published about twenty books including The Andalusian Moriscos (History of the Moriscos after the Fall of Granada), Traces of a Tattoo, Times of Death and Roses, Gardens of Despair, Martyrdom of the Andalusian Nation, History of Injustice in the Arab World, Manifest Destiny of Imperial Decline, and The Book of Origins, Volume I: Natural Foundations of Arab Civilisation--Origins of Alphabets, Numeration, Numerals, Measures, Weights, Litigation, and Money. Over a period of forty years, the author published hundreds of articles, interviews, and poems in Arabic and English. He appears on TV shows and participates in international conferences and seminars on history, literature, religion, economic, and current affairs.. Recent published works by Bishtawi--all available on AuthorHouse and Amazon--are: * Origin of the Arabic Numerals (English) * Times of Death and Roses (English) * Traces of a Tattoo (English) For more information please visit: http://www.bishtawi.com/ http://www.arabicnumerals.net/ http://www.thebookoforigins.com/