{{Short description|British author and journalist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use British English|date=October 2016}} '''John R. Bradley''' (born 6 June 1970<ref name=CAonline>Contemporary Authors database</ref> — died October 2020<ref>https://archive.today/20250329140131/https://thespectator.com/topic/in-search-john-r-bradley/</ref>) was a British author and journalist who has written on Middle East issues for numerous publications, including ''The Economist'', ''The Forward'', ''Newsweek'', ''The New Republic'', ''The Daily Telegraph'', ''Prospect'' and ''The Independent''. Beginning in early 2011 he was a regular contributor to ''The Daily Mail'', ''The Spectator'',<ref>[http://www.spectator.co.uk/search/author/?searchString=John%20R.%20Bradley The Spectator: John R. Bradley, author page]</ref> where he highlighted Islamist trends in the Arab Spring. He has also appeared on television networks such as CNN,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv4Gl_ETXh8 John R. Bradley on CNN discussing the death of Saudi King Fahd]</ref> [https://www.c-span.org/video/?188352-1/saudi-arabia-exposed-inside-kingdom-crisis C-SPAN] and Fox News.<ref>[http://justpiper.com/2011/02/inside-egypt-on-the-brink-of-a-revolution-banned-by-mubarak-predicted-revolution/ John R. Bradley on Fox News discussing the Egyptian revolution]</ref>
Bradley was educated at University College London, Dartmouth College and Exeter College, Oxford.<ref name=intelligences>[https://www.intelligencesquared.com/people/b/john-r-bradley Intelligence Squared. John R Bradley] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510202050/http://www.intelligencesquared.com/people/b/john-r-bradley |date=10 May 2011 }}</ref>
According to an article published in May 2015 by Vice magazine, Bradley "has remov[ed] himself from public life due to ill health,"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/behind-the-rise-in-hijab-porn/ | title=Behind the Rise of Hijab Porn }}</ref> a statement that confirms an earlier posting by Bradley himself on his personal website.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://johnrbradley.wordpress.com/8-biography/ | title=8. John R. Bradley (Biography) | date=25 August 2014 }}</ref> He died in Mexico under unknown circumstances<ref> The Spectator, 15 February 2025, via footnote 3 above</ref>
==Career== Bradley is best known for his 2008 book ''Inside Egypt'' which accurately predicted the Egyptian uprising of January 2011 that ousted president Hosni Mubarak. In May 2011, Fareed Zakaria selected ''Inside Egypt'' as his "Book of the Week" on his GPS show: <blockquote>“(This) book… in a strikingly prescient way… foretold the January revolution. (It) was banned by Mubarak’s regime — and understandably so! If you want to understand how Egypt got to this crossroads, read this book.”<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110602023835/http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/23/book-of-the-week-banned-by-mubarak-regime/ CNN World. Global Public Square. Book of the Week: Banned by Mubarak regime] May 23rd, 2011</ref></blockquote>
For two and a half years beginning June 2001, he worked as a news editor and managing editor for the English-language daily newspaper ''Arab News'' in Saudi Arabia. Unlike other journalists until that time he was able to travel most of the country without a minder.<ref name=bradley-expo- >{{cite book|last=Bradley|first=John R.|title=Saudi Arabia Exposed : Inside a Kingdom in Crisis|url=https://archive.org/details/saudiarabiaexpos00brad|url-access=registration|date=2005|publisher=Palgrave |pages=xii-xiv|isbn=9781403964335 }}</ref> Based on his experiences he wrote the book ''Saudi Arabia Exposed: Inside a Kingdom in Crisis''. The book received considerable praise: a review in the ''New York Times'', for example, stated that it provides "a highly informed, temperate and understanding account" of the country.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/books/17grim.html?_r=0 | title=A Glimpse of Forces Confronting Saudi Rule | newspaper=The New York Times | date=17 August 2005 }}</ref>
Bradley lectured on the Middle East at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy<ref>[http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2339 Saudi Monarchy: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?] Featuring John R. Bradley and Rachel Bronson 7 July 2005</ref> and Intelligence Squared in London.<ref name=intelligences/>
===Publications===
*''Saudi Arabia Exposed: Inside a Kingdom in Crisis'' (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/books/17grim.html?scp=1&sq=%22john%20r%20bradley%22%20saudi%20arabia%20exposed&st=cse William Grimes, "A Glimpse of Forces Confronting Saudi Rule"], The New York Times, 17 August 2005,</ref> *''Inside Egypt: The Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution'' (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008). *''Behind the Veil of Vice: The Business and Culture of Sex in the Middle East'' (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).<ref>[http://www.salon.com/life/sex_work/?story=/mwt/broadsheet/2010/09/27/bradley_qa "Unveiling the Middle East's Sex Industry,"] Salon.com, 27 September 2010,</ref> *''After the Arab Spring: How the Islamists Hijacked the Middle East Revolt'' (Palgrave Macmillan, January 2012).
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