Gerard Russell is a British diplomat and author.
Russell is a former British and United Nations diplomat, who spent 14 years representing Britain in the Middle East. Russell speaks Arabic and Dari.
In January 2010 he became a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy.
Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms
Russell's 2014 book, published by Basic Books is a chronicle of the vanishing religious minorities of the Middle East, including the Yazidis, Mandeans, Zoroastrians, Druze, Samaritans, Copts and Kalasha.
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