Khalil Jahshan

Khalil Jahshan (Arabic: خليل جهشان) (born in Nazareth, British Mandate of Palestine in 1948) is a Palestinian-American activist and media commentator. He serves currently as Executive Director of Arab Center Washington DC, a nonprofit think tank focussing on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Between 2004-2013, Jahshan was a Lecturer in International Studies and Languages at Pepperdine University and Executive Director of its Seaver College Washington DC Internship Program. He received a bachelor's degree in political science and French from Harding University in 1972.[1]

Khalil Jahshan
Born (1948-05-09) May 9, 1948
Nazareth, British Mandate of Palestine
NationalityAmerican
EducationHarding University
OccupationExecutive Director of Arab Center Washington DC, Inc.
Home townWashington, DC
TitleExecutive Director

Early life

Jahshan was born to a Palestinian Christian family in Nazareth, British Mandate of Palestine in 1948. He completed his elementary (Ecole Jesu Adolescent-Don Bosco) and secondary education (Terra Sancta) there. In 1969, he traveled to the United States to pursue his college education at Harding University.[2]

Titles and positions
  • Member of the boards of directors and advisory boards of various Middle East-oriented groups, including ANERA, MIFTAH and Search for Common Ground in the Middle East
  • 2000–2003 — Executive Vice President of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and director of its government affairs affiliate, NAAA-ADC
  • 1996–2003 — Vice President of the American Committee on Jerusalem
  • 1990–2000 — President of the National Association of Arab-Americans
  • June 1989–December 1990 — Associate Executive Director for Public Affairs of the National Association of Arab-Americans
  • 1980–1982 — Teacher of Arabic at the University of Chicago Extension and at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

See also

References
  1. http://seaver.pepperdine.edu/washingtondc/about/jahshan.htm
  2. http://seaver.pepperdine.edu/washingtondc/about/jahshan.htm
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