# Karl Sabbagh

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Karl Sabbagh Born Khalil Sabbagh 1942 (age 83–84) Evesham, Worcestershire, England, UK Occupations Writer, journalist, producer Children 4

**Karl Sabbagh** is a British writer, journalist, television producer, and convicted sex offender.[1] His work is mainly non-fiction: he has written books about historical events and produced [documentaries](/source/Documentary_film) for both British and [American](/source/United_States) broadcasters.

## Biography

Karl Sabbagh was born in [Evesham](/source/Evesham), [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire), England in the March quarter of 1942.[2] His father was the [Palestinian Christian](/source/Palestinian_Christian) broadcaster [Isa Sabbagh](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isa_Sabbagh&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ar](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%BA)], at the time working for the [BBC](/source/BBC) Arabic Service.[3]

Sabbagh was educated at [Clapham College](/source/Clapham_College) and [King's College, Cambridge](/source/King's_College%2C_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.[4][5] He was the producer of the [Royal Institution Christmas Lectures](/source/Royal_Institution_Christmas_Lectures), ‘The natural history of a sunbeam’, by [George Porter](/source/George_Porter), in 1976 and ‘The planets’, by [Carl Sagan](/source/Carl_Sagan), in 1977.[6]

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](/source/Galilee) throughout that period, settled in the town of [Safad](/source/Safad) from at least the beginning of the 19th century. The book includes a critical account of the [Zionist](/source/Zionism) settlement and eventual takeover of Palestine in the first half of the 20th century.

## Personal life

Sabbagh is married and has four children.[7][8][2]

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.[1]

## Bibliography

- *The Living Body* (1984; with [Christiaan Barnard](/source/Christiaan_Barnard)).

- *Skyscraper: The Making of a Building* (1989) (the story of the building of [One Worldwide Plaza](/source/One_Worldwide_Plaza))

- *Magic or Medicine?: An Investigation of Healing & Healers* (1993; with [Rob Buckman](/source/Rob_Buckman)) (an investigation of [alternative medicine](/source/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](/source/John_William_Heslop-Harrison))

- *Power into Art* (2000) (the story of the redevelopment of [Bankside power station](/source/Bankside_Power_Station) as [Tate Modern](/source/Tate_Modern))

- *Dr. Riemann's Zeros: The Search for the $1 Million Solution to the Greatest Problem in Mathematics* (2002); [*The Riemann Hypothesis: The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics*, 1st American edition (2003)](https://books.google.com/books?id=IFIc07eswukC)[9] (about the [Riemann Hypothesis](/source/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](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781911072362](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781911072362)

## See also

- [Palestinian Christians](/source/Palestinian_Christians)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-thisisoxfordshire.co.uk_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-thisisoxfordshire.co.uk_1-1) ["Paedophile author and filmmaker sent indecent videos and vibrator to 14 year-old"](https://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/17933474.paedophile-karl-sabbagh-author-film-maker-jailed-grooming-child/). *thisisoxfordshire*. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_2-1) ["Freebmd"](https://www.freebmd.org.uk/). *freebmd*. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Palestine A Personal History. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-84354-344-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84354-344-3). Pages 2-4

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Notable alumni at Clapham College"](https://claphamoldxaverianarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Notable-alumni-paat-pupils-at-Clapham-College-collated-in-2019.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved 6 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "University News". *The Times*. 18 June 1964. p. 16.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Royal Institution Christmas Lectures"](https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch). Retrieved 29 December 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** "Birth announcements". *The Times*. 16 January 1970. p. 16.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** "Birth Announcements". *The Times*. 21 May 1975. p. 28.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Graham, S. W. (20 August 2003). ["Review of *The Riemann Hypothesis: The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics* by Karl Sabbagh"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210514174353/https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/the-riemann-hypothesis-the-greatest-unsolved-problem-in-mathematics). *MAA Review, Mathematical Association of American*. Archived from [the original](https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/the-riemann-hypothesis-the-greatest-unsolved-problem-in-mathematics) on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

## External links

- Bibliographical information from the [British Library Catalogue](http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/GS4T45L36A9BHH51MQC6FAR8AKJITPHN7EFIUKSFC1YKRVDLG7-61162?func=short-0-b&set_number=040618&request=WRD%20%3D%20(%20karl%20sabbagh%20))[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] and [Library of Congress Catalog](http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SC=Author&SA=Sabbagh%2C%20Karl.&PID=Rf8uKuPBottieiu1dFqyCQlUqf9&BROWSE=1&HC=11&SID=1)

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