Hussein Yusuf Kamal Ibish (Arabic: حسين يوسف كمال أيبش; born 1963) is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. He is a weekly columnist for The National (UAE), former columnist for Bloomberg, regular contributor to The Atlantic and The Daily Beast, and frequent contributor to many other U.S. and Middle Eastern publications.[1] He has made thousands of radio and television appearances and was the Washington, DC correspondent for The Daily Star (Beirut). Many of Ibish's articles are archived on his Ibishblog website.[2]
Hussein Yusuf Kamal Ibish | |
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Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Beirut, Lebanon |
Nationality | US, Lebanon |
Alma mater | UMass Amherst, Emerson College |
Occupation | Senior Resident Scholar at The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington |
His most recent book is What's Wrong with the One-State Agenda? Why Ending the Occupation and Peace with Israel is Still the Palestinian National Goal (ATFP, 2009).[3] Ibish was included in all three years (2011, 2012, and 2013) of Foreign Policy's “Twitterati 100,” the magazine's list of 100 “must-follow” Twitter feeds on foreign policy.[4]
Ibish is the editor and principal author of three major studies of Hate Crimes and Discrimination against Arab Americans 1998-2000 (ADC, 2001), Sept. 11, 2001-Oct. 11, 2002 (ADC, 2003), and 2003-2007 (ADC, 2008).[5] He is also the author of “At the Constitution’s Edge: Arab Americans and Civil Liberties in the United States” in States of Confinement (St. Martin's Press, 2000),[6] “Anti-Arab Bias in American Policy and Discourse” in Race in 21st Century America (Michigan State University Press, 2001),[5] “Race and the War on Terror,” in Race and Human Rights (Michigan State University Press, 2005)[7] and “Symptoms of Alienation: How Arab and American Media View Each Other“ in Arab Media in the Information Age (ECSSR, 2005).[7] He wrote, along with Ali Abunimah, “The Palestinian Right of Return” (ADC, 2001)[8] and “The Media and the New Intifada” in The New Intifada (Verso, 2001).[9] He is the editor, along with Saliba Sarsar, of Principles and Pragmatism (ATFP, 2006).[10]
Ibish previously served as a senior fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine, and executive director of the Hala Salaam Maksoud Foundation for Arab-American Leadership from 2004 to 2009.[11] From 1998 to 2004, Ibish served as communications director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.[11]
Background and education
editIbish was born in Beirut, Lebanon.[12] He comes from an academic background:[13] his father, Yusuf Ibish, was a Lebanese/Syrian who studied at Harvard University's Department of Government in the 1950s and was on the faculty of the American University of Beirut as a scholar of Islam.[14] His father and mother were a devout Sunni Muslim and Anglican Christian, respectively, although he never embraced either religion, despite being a founding member of the Progressive Muslim Union.[15] Ibish attended Emerson College, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in mass communications in 1986. He has a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[16]
Career
edit- Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington 2015-present[17]
- Senior Fellow American Task Force on Palestine 2004-2014
- Executive Director of the Hala Salaam Maksoud Foundation for Arab-American Leadership 2004-2009
- Communications Director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), 1998–2004[18][19]
- Founding member of the Progressive Muslim Union (later resigned)[20]
Publications
edit- What's Wrong with the One-State Agenda? Why Ending the Occupation and Peace with Israel is Still the Palestinian National Goal. American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP), 2009[21]
- "Hate Crimes and Discrimination against Arab Americans 1998-2000". American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), 2001)[22]
- "Hate Crimes and Discrimination Against Arab-Americans Sept. 11, 2001-Oct. 11, 2002" (ADC, 2003)[22]
- "Report on Hate Crimes and Discrimination against Arab Americans: 2003-2007" (ADC, 2008)[22]
- "At the Constitution's Edge: Arab Americans and Civil Liberties in the United States" in States of Confinement: Policing, Detention, and Prisons, Joy James, ed. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000[23]
- "Anti-Arab Bias in American Policy and Discourse" in Race in 21st Century America, Curtis Stokes, Theresa Melendez, Genice Rhodes-Reed, eds. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2001[24]
- "Race and the War on Terror" in Race and Human Rights, Curtis Stokes, ed. Michigan State University Press, 2005[25]
- "Symptoms of Alienation: How Arab and American Media View Each Other" in Arab Media in the Information Age. ECSSR, 2005[26]
- "The Palestinian Right of Return" (ADC, 2001)[27][28]
- "The Media and the New Intifada" in The New Intifada, Roane Carey, ed. Verso, 2001[29]
- Editor, Principles and Pragmatism. ATFP, 2006[30]
- "Hussein Ibish (Close Friend) and Christopher Hitchens." One Last Lunch: A final meal with those who meant so much to us. Abrams Press, Erica Heller, ed. Abrams Press, 2020.[31]
References
edit- ^ "Hussein Ibish". Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ Ibishblog https://ibishblog.com/. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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(help) - ^ Ibish, Hussein (2009). What's Wrong with the One-state Agenda?: Why Ending the Occupation and Peace with Israel is Still the Palestinian National Goal. American Task Force on Palestine. ISBN 978-0978561413.
- ^ "The FP Twitterati 100". 13 August 2013.
- ^ a b "Hussein Ibish". 5 June 2014.
- ^ https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/publication/ACF22D.pdf.
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(help) - ^ a b "Hussein Ibish | the American Task Force on Palestine".
- ^ Ibish, Hussein; Abunimah, Ali (January 2001). "Point: The Palestinians' Right of Return". Human Rights Brief. 8 (2).
- ^ The New Intifada: Resisting Israel's Apartheid. Verso. October 2001. ISBN 9781859843772 – via Amazon.
- ^ Ibish, Hussein; Sarsar, Saliba G. (2006). Principles and Pragmatism: Key Documents from the American Task Force on Palestine. American Task Force on Palestine. ISBN 9780978561406.
- ^ a b "Hussein Ibish". 19 January 2023.
- ^ "What Trump's Win Looks Like to Someone Born in the Middle East". Slate. 11 November 2016.
- ^ Goldberg, Jeffrey (13 April 2012). "Hussein Ibish Is Not a Zionist". The Atlantic.
- ^ https://twitter.com/Ibishblog/status/220726364687441920 [bare URL]
- ^ HUSSEIN IBISH (15 Dec 2015). "Who Is a Muslim?". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Hussein Ibish Bashes Columnist Jeff Jacoby as He Searches for Missing Son". Algemeiner Journal.
- ^ "Hussein Ibish". Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ^ ""All Things Considered" interview, November 26, 2002. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ Online discussion, April 9, 2003. Archived March 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ Progressive Muslim Union: Three founding members resign Archived 2006-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "What's Wrong with the One-State Agenda?". The American Task Force on Palestine.
- ^ a b c "A Bibliography of Anti-Arab Discrimination, Stereotyping, and Media Bias". American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. 6 September 2002.
- ^ "Attacks on U.S. Soil". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Hussein Ibish C APatterns of Arab-American Activism" (PDF). Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
- ^ "Hussein Ibish | The American Task Force on Palestine". www.americantaskforce.org.
- ^ "Hussein Ibish, Senior Fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine to speak, March 31". Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. 10 September 2013.
- ^ "What is the Palestinian Right of Return Anyway?". Jewish Voice for Peace. 3 September 2013.
- ^ "What is the Palestinian right of return, anyway?". Salon. 28 May 2011.
- ^ Carey, Roane (2001). The New Intifada: Resisting Israel's Apartheid. Verso. p. 165. ISBN 9781859843772.
- ^ "Hussein Ibish: Senior Resident Scholar". Agsiw.org. 19 January 2023.
- ^ Creating Conversations (2020-12-07). ONE LAST LUNCH with Erica Heller. Retrieved 2024-07-09 – via YouTube.
External links
edit- IbishBlog official blog
- Profile at The American Task Force on Palestine
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Hussein Ibish at IMDb