Abdallah Schleifer
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Prof. S. Abdallah Schleifer (b. Marc Schleifer, 1935[1]) 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. He is a convert to Sufi Islam [2] [3]
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- ^ Terence Diggory, Encyclopedia of the New York School Poets (Infobase Publishing, 2009: ISBN 0-8160-5743-5), p. 274.
- ^ Lawrence Wright (2006). The Looming Tower. Knopf. pp. Chapter 2. ISBN 9-375-41486-X.
- ^ "Prof. S. Abdallah Schleifer - Adham Center for Electronic Journalism". http://www.aucegypt.edu/academics/facultyresearch/Profiles/Pages/schleifer.aspx. Retrieved 2007-01-27.[dead link]
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