Mohamed Elmenshawy

22 September 2006

Mohamed Elmenshawy is the editor in chief of Taqrir Washington. Before joining Taqrir Washington, Elmenshawy worked as the managing editor for an Arabic-language bimonthly publication called Global Issues. He also served as a Washington correspondent for the daily pan-Arab newspaper Asharq Alawsat where he covered the White House, the State Department, and Congress. He is a regular contributor to the Alhayat newspaper, Global Issues, and the Aljazeera website, and appears frequently on CNN International, MSNBC, and the pan-Arab TV network Orbit. Elmenshawy is the author of several articles on Middle Eastern issues in such publications as Aljazeera Net, and International Herald Tribune.

Elmenshawy is an instructor at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C., where he teaches classes about current issues in the Arab world and Arab media.

Elmenshawy holds a master's degree in international relations and Middle Eastern politics from the University of Akron and an MBA in international strategy from American University. He earned his bachelor's degree in political science from Cairo University in Egypt.

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