Eric Margolis is a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Sun newspaper; commenting mainly on Middle East, South Asia, and Islamic affairs.

Eric Margolis is an author, columnist, and broadcaster. He was born in New York City and is a graduate of Georgetown and New York Universities. He is a contributing Foreign Editor to the Toronto Sun newspaper, a widely published syndicated columnist, and often appears on Canadian television broadcasts. He is affiliated with several organizations including International Institute of Strategic Studies in London and the Institute of Regional Studies based in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Though his domestic political persuasion is moderately conservative, he is a bitter opponent of neoconservatism and is considered by some a paleoconservative. During the Soviet-Afghan war he travelled with the Afghan mujahideen, and developed close relationships with them and their Pakistani military and intelligence handlers - this is perhaps the reason why his articles frequently champion Islamic causes such as Palestine, Chechnya, and Kashmir.

Eric Margolis was a regular guest on TVOntario's show Studio 2 and Diplomatic Immunity whose spot is now served by Patrick Martin.

Margolis is also owner of Canadian alternative medicine manufacturer, Jamieson Laboratories which exports worldwide. His mother, Nexhmie Zaimi, was one of the first American female foreign correspondents to cover the Middle East and was one of the few Western journalists in the 1950s to focus on the issue of Palestinian refugees.

Publications

• War at the Top of the World: The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir and Tibet (ISBN 0415930626)

External links

• Eric Margolis home page (http://www.ericmargolis.com)