Patrick Abram Seale (7 May 1930 – 11 April 2014) was a British journalist[1] and author who specialised in the Middle East.

[1] His father was Morris Siegel Seale (1896–1993), the Arabist and theologian, who was a Russian Jewish convert to Presbyterianism and Christian missionary in Syria, where Patrick spent most of his first 14 years.

[3][4] Seale attended Balliol and St Antony's College, Oxford, where he specialised in Middle Eastern history.

[6] His columns appeared in most major newspapers around the world, and were carried weekly by several newspapers, including Al-Hayat (London), Al-Ittihad (Abu Dhabi), The Daily Star (Beirut), The Saudi Gazette (Jeddah) and Gulf News (Dubai).

[7] Patrick Seale died aged 83 on 11 April 2014 in London from brain cancer.