Hisham Melhem | |
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Alma mater | Villanova University |
Occupation | journalist |
Years active | mid-1980s to present |
Employer(s) | Al Arabiya News Channel, An-Nahar |
Known for | journalism, foreign policy analysis |
Television | Al Arabiya News Channel |
Hisham Melhem (Arabic: هشام ملحم Hišām Melḥem) is a Lebanese-American journalist, who serves currently as Washington bureau chief of Al Arabiya News Channel and correspondent for An-Nahar newspaper.
Biography
Background
Melhem studied philosophy at Villanova University, and after graduating in 1976 with his B.A., spent three years working on a doctorate in philosophy at Georgetown University.
Career
Melhem has reported for Radio Monte Carlo and Al-Qabas and An-Nahar newspapers and has served as Washington bureau chief for As-Safir newspaper.
He has also been the Washington bureau chief for Al Arabiya, and hosted their U.S.-Arab relations program, Across the Ocean, for four years.
He writes for others publications, appears on news programs, and speaks publicly. He is an expert for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars He has appeared as a news commentator about Middle Eastern and other foreign policy areas on PBS NewsHour for nearly two decades.
Interviews
On 26 January 2009, Al Arabiya News Network was given the first official interview with the newly inaugurated President Barack Obama: Melhem conducted the interview.
Major interviews to date include:
- President George W. Bush
- Secretary of State Colin Powell
- Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage
- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen
- President Barack Obama
- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Writings
- Dual Containment: The Demise of a Fallacy (1997)
References
- ^ "Hisham Melhem". Al Arabiya. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ "Hisham Melhem". Alan L. Freed Associates. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- "Interview: Hisham Melhem". PBS Frontline. September 2001. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- "Interview: Hisham Melhem". PBS Frontline. 4 October 2001. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- "Hisham Melhem". C-SPAN. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- "Hisham Melhem". Aspen Ideas. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- "Hisham Melhem". Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- "Media Literacy: What Makes for Credible Reporting [Arabic]". U.S. Department of State. 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- "Keynote Speaker: Hisham Melhem". International Affairs Conference. June 2013. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- "What Next for the Peace Process?". PBS NewsHour. 6 November 1995. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- "Golan Talks". PBS NewsHour. 27 December 1995. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- Macleod, Scott (28 January 2009). "How Al-Arabiya Got the Obama Interview". TIME. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- Goldberg, Jeffrey (29 January 2009). "Hisham Melhem on His Big Scoop, and Big Changes Coming". Atlantic Monthly. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- "Interview: Secretary Colin Powell". U.S. Department of State. 24 April 2003. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- "Interview: Secretary Colin Powell". U.S. Department of State. 13 May 2004. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- "Interview: Secretary Colin Powell". U.S. Department of State. 30 September 2004. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- "Interview: Secretary Condoleezza Rice". U.S. Department of State. 3 March 2005. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- "Interview: Secretary Condoleezza Rice". U.S. Department of State. 7 March 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- "Interview: Secretary Condoleezza Rice". U.S. Department of State. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- "Interview: Hillary Rodham Clinton". U.S. Department of State. 10 November 2010. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- "Interview: Hillary Rodham Clinton". U.S. Department of State. 14 February 2011. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- Melhem, Hisham (1997). Dual Containment: The Demise of a Fallacy. Washington: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University.
- "Dual Containment: The Demise of a Fallacy". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
External links
- The Barbarians Within Our Gates Politico Magazine, 18 September 2014
- Hisham Melhem on The Lead with Jake Tapper, CNN 2 September 2013
- Post-Arab Spring, Hisham Melhem fears 'Arab civilization has collapsed' The Current, CBC Radio, 30 September 2014
- Appearances on C-SPAN