![]() He was awarded the General Service Medal. ![]() ![]() During this time, he was shot at, and saw eleven comrades killed by radio-controlled bombs. Career Military experience Īfter joining the Parachute Regiment in 1971, aged 18, Asher was posted to the 2nd Battalion, and saw three tours of duty in Northern Ireland. He is married to Arabist and photographer Mariantonietta Peru, with whom he has a son and a daughter. He has spent much of his adult life in Africa, and speaks Arabic and Swahili. As a young man he served in the Paras, the SAS, and the RUC Special Patrol Group. He later graduated from the University of Leeds, where he studied English Language and Linguistics. Asher attended Stamford School, a direct-grant grammar school, now independent. Michael Asher was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, where his father, Frederick Asher, a chartered surveyor, was a partner in local company of valuers, auctioneers and estate agents: his mother, Kathleen Asher, was a State-Registered Nurse. He has travelled and lived in the Sahara and the Arabian desert, published both non-fiction and fictional works based on his explorations and encounters, and supported the production of several documentaries based on his published works. Michael Asher FRSL (born 1953) is an English desert explorer, writer, and deep ecologist.
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