Hussein Ibish

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Hussein Yusuf Kamal Ibish was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1963. He has a Ph.D in Comparative literature from University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is active in advocacy for Arab causes in the United States. He describes himself as an agnostic from the Muslim community, working to reform Islam.

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[edit] Background

Ibish comes from an academic background. His father, Yusuf Ibish, 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.

[edit] Education

Ibish attended Emerson College and earned a bachelor of science in mass communications in 1986.[citation needed] He later attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and earned a Ph.D. in comparative literature in February 2002.[1]

[edit] Career

Ibish was a founding member of the Progressive Muslim Union but later resigned[2].

[edit] Awards

Dedicated Service Award, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, 2004.

Best TV Spokesperson for the Arab Cause, the New York Press, 2003.

Arab-American of the Year, 2002, Arab-American Community Center for Economic and Social Services in Ohio (AACCESS, Ohio).

[edit] Publications

  • Numerous Op-eds in newspapers and magazines including the Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Los Angeles Times, Arab American News, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Newsday, Lexington Herald Leader (Kentucky), The San Diego Union-Tribune, Milwaukee Journal, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, The Washington Post, Detroit Free Press, Dallas Morning News,The Record,Sunday Gazette-Mail, The Boston Globe, The Houston Chronicle, and The Nation.

[edit] Invited Talks & Debates

Numerous invited talks, lectures and debates at colleges and universities, including Yale Law School, Harvard Business School, Princeton, Georgetown, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, New School for Social Research, North Carolina State, and many other American universities, as well as the University of Costa Rica. Keynote presentations at the Race in 21st Century America: A 3rd National Conference, Michigan State University, East Lansing (2003) and the National Convention of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (2003). Addressed the 7th Annual National Latina/o Law Student Conference, Nuestro Deber: Our Duty to Empower Our Communities, (2003), and numerous Arab-American student conferences.

Twice addressed the National Association of Attorneys General Annual Spring Meeting (2002, 2004). Addressed the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, the Nixon Library, and the Unity National Journalists of Color Conference (2004). Interviewed live on stage by Charlie Rose at the Rising Tide Summit III (2000). Invited participant at the first US-Islamic World Conference hosted by the Brookings Institute and the Qatari Foreign Ministry in Doha, Qatar (2004). Panelist at Nation Institute forum Patriot Games: Civil Liberties After September 11, moderated by Phil Donahue; panelists also included Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Molly Ivins, Nadine Strossen, and Elaine Jones.

Many talks and presentations broadcast on C-Span television, including a National Press Club Newsmaker Press Conference (The condition of Arab-Americans Post September 11, November 20, 2001). Newsmaker press conferences are by invitation of the Press Club itself.


[edit] References

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  1. ^ [http://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3039364/ Dissertation: Nationalism as an Ethical Problem for Postcolonial Theory. Chair: Dr. David Lenson.
  2. ^ [http://www.amperspective.com/html/pmu_resignations.html Progressive Muslim Union: Three founding members resign]

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