Brigid Keenan is an author and journalist. She has worked as an editor on Nova

Nova (UK magazine)

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magazine, The Observer

The Observer

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 and The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times

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. On marriage to a diplomat she re-orientated her career into writing books and, whilst travelling the world with her husband, has published two fashion histories as well as Travels in Kashmir (1989), Damascus: Hidden Treasures of the Old City (2001),
and the best selling Diplomatic Baggage (2005).,. Keenan has lived and travelled in many countries in the Arab world and in Asia.

She is a founding board member of the Palestine Festival of Literature

Palestine Festival of Literature

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