Anthony Sattin is a writer, critic and broadcaster. He has travelled extensively in the Middle East, an area that features prominently in his writing. He is the author of several books including a novel Shooting the Breeze, and the highly acclaimed The Pharaoh’s Shadow, which is a search for surviving ancient culture in modern Egypt and was the subject of a Radio 4 documentary, and most recently The Gates Of Africa: Death, Discovery & The Search For Timbuktu. He has written for many UK publications, including the Times Literary Supplement and The Literary Review, and has been a regular contributor to the Sunday Times Books and Travel sections for the past fifteen years.