Abdallah Schleifer
Professor Emeritus Dr. Sulayman Abdallah Sharif Schleifer | |
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| Born | Schleifer, Marc 1935 Brooklyn, New York |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | B.A., University of Pennsylvania, Political Science, 1956 M.A., American University of Beirut, Political Studies, 1980[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, Commentator |
| Years active | 1970 - present |
| Employer | the American University in Cairo |
| Organization(s) | Global Experts Foreign Policy Research Institute, Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Al Arabiya |
S. Abdallah S. Schleifer (born Marc Schleifer, 1935[2]) is a prominent Middle East expert; a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (USA) and at the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought (Jordan).[3]
A former NBC Cairo Bureau chief (1974 - 1983),[4] Schleifer also served as the Al Arabiya News bureau chief in Washington D.C. (2006 - 2007) and currently writes periodic columns for their website. He is the chief editor of the annual publication The 500 Most Influential Muslims.[5]
He is professor emeritus and Senior Fellow at the Kamal Adham Center for Journalism Training and Research, at the American University in Cairo - which he founded and served as first director (1985 - 2005). .[6][7]
Throughout his career, he has interviewed countless Middle Eastern leaders—heads of state as well as Ayman al-Zawahiri the leader of Al-Qaeda since 2011 .[8]
Born in a secular Jewish family on Long Island, he received his BA in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1956 [9] where he was involved in Marxist movements. He is a convert to Sufi Islam.[10][11]
References
- ^ http://www.aucegypt.edu/fac/Profiles/Pages/schleifer.aspx (Retrieved 10 July 2015))
- ^ Terence Diggory, Encyclopedia of the New York School Poets (Infobase Publishing, 2009: ISBN 0-8160-5743-5), p. 274.
- ^ http://www.fpri.org/taxonomy/term/502/0 (Retrieved 10 July 2015)
- ^ http://www.fpri.org/taxonomy/term/502/0 (Retrieved 10 July 2015)
- ^ https://english.alarabiya.net/authors/Abdallah-Schleifer.html (Retrieved 10 July 2015)
- ^ http://www.aucegypt.edu/fac/Profiles/Pages/schleifer.aspx (Retrieved 10 July 2015)
- ^ http://www.fpri.org/taxonomy/term/502/0 (Retrieved 10 July 2015)
- ^ "BBC News: Al-Qaeda's remaining leaders". Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ http://www.aucegypt.edu/fac/Profiles/Pages/schleifer.aspx (Retrieved 10 July 2015)
- ^ Lawrence Wright (2006). The Looming Tower. Knopf. pp. Chapter 2. ISBN 0-375-41486-X.
- ^ "Prof. S. Abdallah Schleifer - American University of Cairo". Retrieved March 27, 2014.
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