Abdallah Schleifer

Abdallah Schleifer

Prof. S. Abdallah Schleifer (b. Marc Schleifer) is a prominent Middle East expert, former NBC Cairo Bureau chief, and a professor of TV journalism at the American University in Cairo. He has interviewed countless Middle Eastern leaders, including Ayman al-Zawahiri. Born in a secular Jewish family on Long Island, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania where he was involved in Marxist movements before converting to Sufi Islam [

cite book
title=The Looming Tower
author=Lawrence Wright
publisher=Knopf
year=2006
id=ISBN 9-375-41486-X
pages=Chapter 2
]

[ cite web
title=Prof. S. Abdallah Schleifer - Adham Center for Electronic Journalism
url= http://www.aucegypt.edu/academics/facultyresearch/Profiles/Pages/schleifer.aspx
accessdate = 2007-01-27
]

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