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. [1]
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. [2]
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. [2]
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. [2] [3] [1]
He writes for others publications, appears on news programs, and speaks publicly. [4] [5] [6] He is an expert for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars [7] [8] [9] He has appeared as a news commentator about Middle Eastern and other foreign policy areas on PBS NewsHour for nearly two decades. [10] [11]
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. [12] [13]
Major interviews to date include: