Eric Margolis

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This is an article about Eric Margolis, the journalist. For information on Eric Margolis, the philosopher and cognitive scientist, see Holistic science.

Eric Margolis is an American journalist. He is a contributing editor to the Toronto Sun chain of newspapers, writing mainly about the Middle East, South Asia and Islam, and appears frequently on Canadian television broadcasts, as well as on CNN.

[edit] Background

Margolis was born in New York City in the 1940s to Henry M. Margolis, a New York businessman, restaurant owner, theatrical producer and investor, and Nexhmie Zaimi, his Albanian born mother who was a journalist and author. He holds degrees from the International School of Geneva, the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, the University of Geneva and New York University. During the Vietnam War he served as a US Army infantryman.

[edit] Journalism

In addition to being a contributing editor at the Toronto Sun newspaper, Margolis writes for Dawn, Pakistan's leading newspaper, the Gulf Times in Qatar, the Khaleej Times in Dubai, and The American Conservative. He appears regularly on such television outlets as CNN, Fox, CBC, Britain's British Sky Broadcasting News, NPR, and CTV National. He was a regular guest on the TVOntario shows Studio 2 and Diplomatic Immunity. During the 1990s he ran an e-mail-based Internet newsletter entitled Foreign Correspondent.

He is affiliated with several organizations including International Institute of Strategic Studies in London and the Institute of Regional Studies based in Islamabad, Pakistan.

[edit] Political views

Margolis identifies his politics as "Eisenhower Republican". Though his domestic political persuasion is moderately conservative (he is a staunch anti-communist and a supporter of capitalism), Margolis' views on the Middle East are sharply at odds with the neoconservatives.

Margolis is best known from his coverage of Palestine and Kashmir. Margolis' mother, Nexhmie Zaimi, was also a journalist who spent a long time in the Middle East documenting the plight of the Palestinians during the 1950s[1]. Her influence, plus Margolis's role as a foreign correspondent in the Mideast and travelling with the mujahideen during the Soviet-Afghan War, has given Margolis a strong interest in the Muslim World. He strongly supported NATO's intervention in the Kosovo war and also supports the rebels in Chechnya.

[edit] Business interests

Margolis is the majority owner and chairman of Jamieson Laboratories, a leading manufacturer of vitamins and herbal supplements.[2]

[edit] Publications

• War at the Top of the World: The The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Tibet (ISBN 0-415-93062-6) Routledge 1999/2003

[edit] External links

• The Big Lie About 'Islamic Fascism' August 29, 2006
• Eric Margolis home page
• Eric Margolis: Apologist for Terror - Anti-Margolis article at the neoconservative FrontPageMag.com
• Did Russia Win D-Day? - commentary, revealing decisive role of Soviet Union in WW2.
• Critique of Margolis