The Man of Twists and Turns

During my teens, my family lived in a house in Addington, at the very farthest reach of London. At the bottom of the hill, the road made its final exit from London and travelled south, not quite wide enough for two cars, onto the North Downs of Kent. Sometimes I would ride my bike along [...]

When you meet a Hezbollah leader in Beirut, his aides first make you wait a few days, assessing your intentions and making sure you aren’t a spy or an assassin. Then, when the time comes for the interview, they take you either in a car or on foot through the alleys of Beirut’s southern suburb [...]

About Matt Beynon Rees I’m a mystery novelist and journalist. The first in my series of Palestinian mystery novels will be published in 2007. As a reporter, I’ve covered the Middle East for over a decade, with the vast majority of that time spent amongst Palestinians and Israelis. I’m a Contributor for Time based in [...]