is an author and journalist. She has worked as an editor on Nova Magazine, The Observer and The Sunday Times. On marriage to a diplomat she re-orientated her career into writing books and, whilst travelling the world with her husband, has published two fashion histories as well as Travels in Kashmir (1989), Damascus: Hidden Treasures of the Old City (2001), and the best selling Diplomatic Baggage (2005). Ms Keenan has lived and travelled in many countries in the Arab world and in Asia. She is a founding member of the Board of PALFEST.

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