Journalist. Analyst. Storyteller.
A Midwesterner in the Mideast, Taylor tells personal stories on a global scale.
As The Christian Science Monitor's Middle East correspondent, Taylor tackles some of the biggest challenges of our day: climate change, polarization, migration, inequality, democracy and war. His narrative journalism blends reporting, analysis and story-telling to bring humanity and clarity to events shaping the Middle East and the wider world.
A former Global Fellow at The Wilson Center, Taylor also writes forward-looking analyses on emerging dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa from climate to security.
Read more about Taylor’s humanity-focused writing approach or browse a bio recapping his 18-year career in the Middle East. For analysis and consulting services, visit the analysis section.
LATEST NEWS
Sept 16 2025: Syria holds elections without a popular vote. Why Syrians are still hopeful.
Sept 15 2025: Can Israel, Syria sign a historic peace deal?
Aug 26 2025: In famine-struck Gaza, another burden: An exhausting search for water
Aug 19 2025: Syria stops banning books. Readers rejoice.
Aug 18 2025: Taylor Luck named finalist for the 2025 Waterston Desert Writing Prize
Aug 4 2025: Israel has the power to avert famine in Gaza. Will it use it?
Aug 1 2025: With Gaza suffering, Europe and Arab states take big diplomatic steps – together
July 17 2025: In Gaza, anti-Hamas gangs seen as imperiling food aid and public order
June 26 2025: After 12 days of Israel-Iran war, what has changed?
June 24 2025: Iran just fought a punishing war with Israel. Why its allies stayed away.
June 17 2025: In the line of fire, Arab states urge Trump to de-escalate Israel-Iran war
June 11 2025: For divided and threatened Druze, what role in peaceful Syrian future?
May 23 2025: Across the Mideast, a new alignment rises: An axis of cooperation
May 16 2025: ‘We just want to live.’ Syrian farmers pay the price for Israeli power play.
April 30 2025: Jordan wants to avoid proxy war. Banning the Muslim Brotherhood just made it harder.
March 12 2025: INTERVIEW- ABC Radio: Implications of the recent violence in Syria
LATEST HEADLINES
Taylor Luck Finalist for 2025 Waterston Desert Writing Prize
The two finalists for this year’s Waterston Desert Prize Writing are Taylor Luck and Charles Hood.
Luck, a journalist living in the Middle East, blends narrative writing with authentic storytelling. His submission, Beyond the Jordan, focuses on modern-day Jordan and the varied groups of people navigating a region in upheaval. Luck weaves his personal journey of belonging into the narrative…
TALK - The Trust Factor: From America to the Middle East
June 27, 2024
As part of CS Monitor’s Rebuilding Trust series, I took part in a panel discussion in Newport Beach, California, with Monitor Editor Mark Sappenfield, veteran White House and Congress correspondent Francine Kieffer, and former editor Marshall Ingwerson to discuss how mistrust has exacerbated the Israel-Hamas war, politicians’ and militia leaders’ deadly ‘algorithm of cynicism’, and potential rays of progress for the way forward.