{{BLP sources|date=May 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Karl Sabbagh | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Khalil Sabbagh | birth_date = 1942 | birth_place = [[Evesham]], [[Worcestershire]], England, UK | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = | spouse = | children = 4 | occupation = Writer, journalist, producer }}
'''Karl Sabbagh''' is a British writer, journalist, television producer, and convicted sex offender.<ref name="thisisoxfordshire.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/17933474.paedophile-karl-sabbagh-author-film-maker-jailed-grooming-child/|title=Paedophile author and filmmaker sent indecent videos and vibrator to 14 year-old|website=thisisoxfordshire|language=en|access-date=2019-09-28}}</ref> His work is mainly non-fiction: he has written books about historical events and produced [[Documentary film|documentaries]] for both British and [[United States|American]] broadcasters.
== Biography == Karl Sabbagh was born in [[Evesham]], [[Worcestershire]], England in the March quarter of 1942.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Freebmd|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/|access-date=29 November 2020|website=freebmd}}</ref> His father was the [[Palestinian Christian]] broadcaster {{ill|Isa Sabbagh|ar|عيسى صباغ}}, at the time working for the [[BBC]] Arabic Service.<ref>Palestine A Personal History. {{ISBN|1-84354-344-3}}. Pages 2-4</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Notable alumni at Clapham College |url=https://claphamoldxaverianarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Notable-alumni-paat-pupils-at-Clapham-College-collated-in-2019.pdf |access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=University News |work=The Times |date=18 June 1964 |page=16}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Royal Institution Christmas Lectures|url=https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>
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 [[Zionism|Zionist]] settlement and eventual takeover of Palestine in the first half of the 20th century.
== Personal life == Sabbagh is married and has four children.<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 January 1970|title=Birth announcements|page=16|work=The Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=21 May 1975|title=Birth Announcements|page=28|work=The Times}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
In September 2019 Sabbagh was jailed for 45 months and put on the sex-offenders register for life after being convicted of grooming a 14-year-old girl.<ref name="thisisoxfordshire.co.uk"/>
==Bibliography== *''The Living Body'' (1984; with [[Christiaan Barnard]]). *''Skyscraper: The Making of a Building '' (1989) (the story of the building of [[One Worldwide Plaza]]) *''Magic or Medicine?: An Investigation of Healing & Healers'' (1993; with [[Rob Buckman]]) (an investigation of [[alternative medicine]]) *''Twenty-First-Century Jet: The Making and Marketing of the Boeing 777'' (1996) *''A Rum Affair: A True Story Of Botanical Fraud'' (1999) (about the botanical fraud perpetrated by [[John William Heslop-Harrison]]) *''Power into Art'' (2000) (the story of the redevelopment of [[Bankside Power Station|Bankside power station]] as [[Tate Modern]]) * '' Dr. Riemann's Zeros: The Search for the $1 Million Solution to the Greatest Problem in Mathematics'' (2002); [https://books.google.com/books?id=IFIc07eswukC ''The Riemann Hypothesis: The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics'', 1st American edition (2003)]<ref>{{cite web|author=Graham, S. W.|title=Review of ''The Riemann Hypothesis: The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics'' by Karl Sabbagh|date=August 20, 2003|website=MAA Review, Mathematical Association of American|url=https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/the-riemann-hypothesis-the-greatest-unsolved-problem-in-mathematics|access-date=4 August 2020|archive-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514174353/https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/the-riemann-hypothesis-the-greatest-unsolved-problem-in-mathematics|url-status=dead}}</ref> (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) {{ISBN|9781911072362}}
==See also== *[[Palestinian Christians]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *Bibliographical information from the [http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/GS4T45L36A9BHH51MQC6FAR8AKJITPHN7EFIUKSFC1YKRVDLG7-61162?func=short-0-b&set_number=040618&request=WRD%20%3D%20(%20karl%20sabbagh%20) British Library Catalogue]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and [http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SC=Author&SA=Sabbagh%2C%20Karl.&PID=Rf8uKuPBottieiu1dFqyCQlUqf9&BROWSE=1&HC=11&SID=1 Library of Congress Catalog]
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