Abdallah Schleifer

Professor Emeritus Dr.
Sulayman Abdallah Sharif Schleifer
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 Journalist, Commentator
Years active 1970 - present
Employer the American University in Cairo
Organization Global Experts
Foreign Policy Research Institute,
Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought,
Al Arabiya
Religion Islam

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),[3] 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.[4]

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). .[1][3]

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 .[5]

Born in a secular Jewish family on Long Island, he received his BA in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1956[1] where he was involved in Marxist movements. He is a convert to Sufi Islam.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 http://www.aucegypt.edu/fac/Profiles/Pages/schleifer.aspx
  2. ↑ Terence Diggory, Encyclopedia of the New York School Poets (Infobase Publishing, 2009: ISBN 0-8160-5743-5), p. 274.
  3. 1 2 3 "S. Abdallah Schleifer". Foreign Policy Research Institute.
  4. ↑ https://english.alarabiya.net/authors/Abdallah-Schleifer.html
  5. ↑ "BBC News: Al-Qaeda's remaining leaders". Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Lawrence Wright (2006). The Looming Tower. Knopf. pp. Chapter 2. ISBN 0-375-41486-X.
  7. ↑ "Prof. S. Abdallah Schleifer - American University of Cairo". Retrieved March 27, 2014.
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