As`ad AbuKhalil
As`ad AbuKhalil (born
March 16,
1960) is a professor of
political science at
California State University, Stanislaus and visiting professor at
University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of several books and well known for his blog called
The Angry Arab News Service. AbuKhalil was born in
Tyre,
Lebanon, and grew up in
Beirut. He received his BA and MA in Political Science from
American University of Beirut, and a PhD in
Comparative Government from
Georgetown University. He has taught at
Tufts University,
Georgetown University,
George Washington University,
Colorado College, and
Randolph-Macon Woman's College. In his blog, he describes himself as an "atheist secularist".
Historical Dictionary of Lebanon (1998)
Bin Laden, Islam & America's New "War on Terrorism" (2002)
The Battle For Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Fundamentalism, and Global Power (2004)
The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan gave us the Taliban. The American occupation of Saudi Arabia gave us bin Laden and Al Qaeda. The Israeli occupation of Lebanon gave us Hezbollah. Let us see what the American occupation of Iraq is going to give us. [
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The Angry Arab News Service*
Debate with Irshad Manji Debate with Irshad Manji, Muslim feminist/reformist, on the 2006 cartoon controversy and the worldwide protests.
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Comments on Democracy Now, July 17 2006 Interview on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman on the July 2006 Israeli Invasion of Lebanon - 26:30 into the broadcast (real player format)
