Massoud Derhally

Massoud A. Derhally (born 1973) is a Jordanian journalist currently working out of Beirut, Lebanon for Bloomberg News leading its political and economic coverage of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Prior to his current position he covered aviation and transportation across the Middle East out of Dubai for Bloomberg, which he joined in 2006. He was previously the Diplomatic Editor (2005-2006) of Arabian Business, a weekly magazine that is part of the Dubai-based ITP publishing group.
Before joining Arabian Business he was a freelance journalist and contributed and/or reported for the International Herald Tribune, The New York Times, Electronic Intifada, The Independent , The Washington Times, the Washington Post's Slate magazine, Dow Jones Newswires, The Straits Times of Singapore, Lebanon's Daily Star, Egypt's Al-Ahram Weekly, United Press International, Arabies Trends and Bidoun.
He was also formerly a correspondent for Agence France Presse where he covered the Persian Gulf and was deputy editor (2001-2003) of the monthly Arabian Business magazine before that.
Derhally is known for doing notable interviews with heads of state, diplomats, and business executives in the Middle East and around the world, which include: Colin Powell as U.S. Secretary of State, Robert Zoellick, William Burns as US Assistant Secretary of State, Elizabeth Cheney from the US State Department, Fouad Siniora as Lebanese Prime Minister, Bahaa R. Hariri billionaire businessman and chairman of Horizon Holding, Michel Aoun former Lebanese Army General, Amin Gemayel as former Lebanese President, Walid Jumblatt Lebanese Druze Leader, Nawaf Moussawi, Hezbollah head of international relations and member of parliament, Munib Masri billionaire Palestinian businessman, Mussa Abu Marzuk Deputy leader of the political bureau of Hamas
Mahmoud Abbas as Palestinian President, Salam Fayyad, as Finance Minister and Palestinian Prime Minister, Prince Feisal Al Hussein brother of King Abdullah of Jordan, Samir Rifai as Jordan's Prime Minister, Amr Moussa as Arab League Secretary General, Saif al-Islam al-Qaddafi son and adviser to Muammar Qadafi, Hoshyar Zebari as Foreign Minister of Iraq, Adnan Pachachi Former Iraqi Governing Council member who was a Presidential contender and currently a member of parliament,
Prince Turki Al-Faisal, as Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to the United Kingdom and United States
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Chairman of Kingdom Holding, Adel Al-Jubeir as Senior Adviser to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Mohamad El-Baradei as IAEA head and Abdulla Dardari Deputy Prime Minister of Syria.
Derhally has been interviewed for programs on NPR, the BBC, CNBC Arabiya, and his work has been cited and commented on by various news outlets including Agence France Presse (AFP), Dow Jones News Wires, the Washington Post's Slate magazine, the pan-Arab Al-Hayat, and Asharq Al-Awsat newspapers.
He holds a Masters in Business and International Finance from Boston University as well as a Masters in International Studies and Diplomacy from the School of Oriental & African Studies , University of London and a Bachelor in International Relations from Clark University.

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