Karl Sabbagh

Karl Sabbagh is a British writer, journalist, television producer, and convicted sex offender. His work is mainly non-fiction: he has written books about historical events and produced documentaries for both British and American broadcasters.

Biography Karl Sabbagh was born in Evesham, Worcestershire, England in the March quarter of 1942. His father was the Palestinian Christian broadcaster , at the time working for the BBC Arabic Service.

Sabbagh was educated at Clapham College and King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a degree in natural sciences and about which he wrote A Book of King's: Views of a Cambridge College in 2010. He was the producer of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, ‘The natural history of a sunbeam’, by George Porter, in 1976 and ‘The planets’, by Carl Sagan, in 1977.

Sabbagh's book Palestine (2006) 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.

Personal life Sabbagh is married and has four children. (about the Riemann Hypothesis) Palestine: A Personal History (2006) Your Case is Hopeless: Bracing Advice From the Boy's Own Paper (2007) Remembering our Childhood: How Memory Betrays Us (2009) The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises (2009) A Book of King's: Views of a Cambridge College (2010) The Trials of Lady Jane Douglas (2014) Antisemitism Wars: How the British Media Failed Their Public (2018)