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 As'ad AbuKhalil |
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| Born | As'ad AbuKhalil March 16, 1960 Tyre, Lebanon |
| Residence | Modesto, California |
| Nationality | Lebanese-American   |
| Other names | "Angry Arab" |
| Occupation | professor of political science |
| Employer | California State University, Stanislaus |
| Religion | Atheist |
| Website http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ |
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As'ad AbuKhalil Arabic: أسعد أبو خليل (born March 16, 1960) is a Lebanese-American professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus and visiting professor at University of California, Berkeley.
AbuKhalil is the author of Historical Dictionary of Lebanon (1998), Bin Laden, Islam & America's New "War on Terrorism" (2002), and The Battle for Saudi Arabia (2004). He maintains a blog, The Angry Arab News Service.
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AbuKhalil was born in Tyre, Lebanon, and grew up in Beirut. He received his B.A. and M.A. in political science from the American University of Beirut, and a Ph.D. in comparative government from Georgetown University. He has been married and divorced twice, both times to American citizens.[1]
AbuKhalil is a professor at Cal State Stanislaus and a visiting professor at UC Berkeley.[1] In addition, he has taught at Tufts University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Colorado College, California State University Stanislaus, and Randolph-Macon Woman's College.[2]
AbuKhalil describes himself as "a former Marxist-Leninist, now an anarchist",[3] a feminist, and an "atheist secularist".[4]
AbuKhalil is vocally pro-Palestinian, describes himself as an anti-Zionist, and supports one secular state in historical Palestine[5]. He is an opponent of the Iraq War. He is critical of Israeli government, of United States foreign policy, of Saudi Arabia, of both Fatah and Hamas, and of all rival factions in Lebanon.[3][6][6][7][8][9][10]
In an interview on New TV on January 13, 2010, AbuKhalil stated that "Lebanese nationalism – just like Zionism – was founded on racism and contempt for others – whether for Lebanese of other sects or for other Arabs...The Lebanese people, with all its sects, has never proven that it wants, or is capable of, true coexistence. Coexistence in Lebanon is coexistence in blood, conflict, and civil strife."[11]
AbuKhalil's blog, the Angry Arab News Service, was launched in September 2003, and as of June 2005 received between 30,000 and 35,000 hits per month. The name of the blog is taken from a phrase used by a TV producer to describe AbuKhalil's perspective.[1]
According to the Los Angeles Times, the blog is "known for its sarcastic but knowledgeable commentary", and "stands out for its sense of humor in the dour left-wing landscape."[1] Ken Silverstein writes that the blog often becomes "a furious stream of consciousness that lacks paragraph breaks or other typographic niceties" (though AbuKhalil is nevertheless "a terrific writer and an insightful political analyst").[3]
Most of the blog items are sent to AbuKhalil by his readers/fans, who quotes them and thanks the source with a footnote after the paragraph.[1]
AbuKhalil often refers to the starch-filled vegetable the potato in his online political writings as a satirical, quirky and offhand way of ridicule to the subject matter being discussed.
As'ad AbuKhalil (Arabic: أسعد أبو خليل; born March 16, 1960) is a professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus and visiting professor at University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Historical Dictionary of Lebanon (1998) and Bin Laden, Islam & America's New "War on Terrorism" (2002). He maintains a blog, The Angry Arab News Service, in which he describes himself as an "atheist secularist".
   | http://www.boston.com/news/packages/iraq/globe_stories/042703_ideas.htm - Boston.com / News / Rebuilding Iraq |
| | ...the principles of Western societies... - The New York Times > Log In |
| | Between disparate worlds (on California State University professor As'ad AbuKhalil) - Between disparate worlds [on California State University professor As'ad AbuKhalil} - Campus Watch |
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