Hussain Abdul-Hussain

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Hussain Abdul-Hussain is a journalist and expert on the Middle East. He currently works as a correspondent with the Kuwaiti daily Al Rai [http://www.alraimedia.com] (formerly Al-Rai-al-Aam) and lives in Washington DC.

Biography

Hussain Abdul-Hussain worked for the Congress-funded Arabic TV, Alhurra, as a news producer. Prior to joining Alhurra, he worked as a reporter and later as editor for Beirut's The Daily Star [http://www.dailystar.com.lb] . He was in Baghdad in April/May 2003 where he reported on the downfall of the Saddam Hussein regime. He has contributed articles to the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The International Herald Tribune, the USA Today and the Baltimore Sun and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC and the BBC. He often contributes editorials to Arabic daily Annahar of Lebanon, Egypt's Al-Ahram Weekly Suplement as well as Al-Ahram's Democracy Periodical. He appears regularly on Arabic satellite TV stations.

Abdul-Hussain is a graduate of the American University of Beirut where he studied history of the Middle East with a minor in political studies.

Works

Hussain Abdul-Hussain is a ranked book reviewer on Amazon [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3LFJ9AOZWL9WM?sort%5Fby=MostRecentReview]

He is one of the creators and translators of the Samir Kassir website. [http://www.samirkassir.net]

Selected Works

His published Op-Eds in US Newspapers include:

The New York Times

- In Iraq, the Play was the Thing [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B14FA355A0C748CDDAC0894DF404482]

- My First Day of Freedom [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10E16FD3C5F0C728DDDAD0894DB404482]

The Washington Post

- Standing Up to Killers [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/13/AR2007061301982.html?hpid=opinionsbox2]

The Christian Science Monitor

- Two Faces of the Arab Street [http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0703/p09s01-coop.html]

The International Herald Tribune

- Are the Leaving? An Email from Baghdad [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/18/opinion/edhussain.php]

- Meanwhile: Fearing a return of the bad old days [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/21/opinion/edhussain.php]

- Learning about the Enemy [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/07/opinion/edhussain.php]

The USA Today

-Justice for Lebanon [http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2007-06-11-oplede_n.htm?loc=interstitialskip]

The Baltimore Sun

- The True Story of the Islamic Republic in Lebanon

Sun Sentinal

- An Arab Rhetoric that Should be Revised

And in Arab English publications

Al Ahram Weekly Supplement

- Does Tehran know what's up? [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/911/op5.htm]

- Hezbollah should share its power [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/883/op12.htm]

- My way or the highway [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/897/op4.htm]

His studies in Arabic include

Al Ahram Democracy Periodical

- On Lebanese political forces and the problem of Syrian intervention [http://democracy.ahram.org.eg/archive/Index.asp?CurFN=file2.htm&DID=9264]

- Reform and Development facing Lebanon's complex formula [http://democracy.ahram.org.eg/archive/Index.asp?CurFN=file3.htm&DID=9356]

Briefings, Lectures and Panel Discussions

- Crisis in Lebanon: The Emergence of a Hezballah State? (Hudson Institute) [http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=hudson_upcoming_events&id=554]

- Democracy in Lebanon: A Dream Deferred? (Capitol Hill) [http://www.aicongress.org/prog/cap/5-08.html]

- Religious Minorities in the Muslim World: A Reality Check (Capitol Hill) [http://www.aicongress.org/prog/cap/11-07.html]

- Islam vs. Islamism: Defining the struggle between religion and politics (Capitol Hill) [http://www.aicongress.org/prog/cap/10-07.html]

External links

* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A3LFJ9AOZWL9WM Amazon Profile for Hussain Abdul-Hussain]
* [http://www.samirkassir.net The Samir Kassir Website]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3W61W1xIuo&feature=related Hussain Abdul-Hussain on Al-Jazeera English Part I]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DTStd6Iup4&feature=related Hussain Abdul-Hussain on Al-Jazeera English Part II]