 The many obituaries he has written for "The Independent", numbering more than 200, give a unique insight into a century of Middle Eastern history and the interaction of the British Empire and the Arab world.Darwish worked as a fleet street correspondent and stringer in Jerusalem, Cairo, Tehran, Beirut, Bahrain, and as a roving correspondent in Africa and the Middle East.For a period of approximately nine months and until December 2008, Darwish was director of the UK-based research organization "Just Journalism".