Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Hussain Abdul-Hussain is a columnist and expert on the Middle East. He lives in Washington DC. He worked for the Congress-funded Arabic TV, Alhurra, as news producer. He also worked as a reporter and editor for Beirut's The Daily Star. He was in Baghdad in April/May 2003 where he reported on the downfall of the Saddam Hussain regime. He has contributed articles for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The International Herald Tribune, the USA Today and the Baltimore Sun and has appeared on CNN and MSNBC. He also writes for Arabic dailies Annahar, Alhayat and Al Rai Al Aam and has appeared on Arabic TV stations. Abdul-Hussain is a graduate of the American University of Beirut where he studied history of the Middle East with a minor in political studies.

Abdul-Hussain is a ranked book reviewr on amazon 1

His published Op-Eds in American Newspapers include:

The New York Times 2 In Iraq, the Play was the Thing 3 My First Day of Freedom

The Washington Post 4 Standing Up to Killers

The Christian Science Monitor 5 Two FACES of the Arab Street

The International Herald Tribune 6 Meanwhile: Fearing a return of the bad old days

His Arabic articles include: On Lebanese political forces in Al-Ahram 7

On Chinese investments in the US in Al-Hayat 8

On Lebanese politics in Kuwaiti Al-Rai 9

and on regional politics in Al-Rai 10