Hisham Melhem

Hisham Melhem (Arabic: هشام ملحم‎‎ Hišām Melḥem) is a Lebanese journalist, who serves currently as Washington bureau chief of Al Arabiya News Channel and correspondent for An-Nahar newspaper.

Background

Melhem studied philosophy at Villanova University, and after graduating in 1976 with his B.A., spent three years working on a doctorate in philosophy at Georgetown University.

Career

Melhem has reported for Radio Monte Carlo and Al-Qabas and An-Nahar newspapers and has served as Washington bureau chief for As-Safir newspaper.

He has also been the Washington bureau chief for Al Arabiya, and hosted their U.S.-Arab relations program, Across the Ocean, for four years.

He writes for others publications, appears on news programs, and speaks publicly. He is an expert for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars He has appeared as a news commentator about Middle Eastern and other foreign policy areas on PBS NewsHour for nearly two decades.

Interviews

On January 26, 2009, Al Arabiya News Network was given the first official interview with the newly inaugurated President Barack Obama: Melhem conducted the interview.

Major interviews to date include:

• President George W. Bush
• Secretary of State Colin Powell
• Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage
• Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
• Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen
• President Barack Obama
• Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

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• "Interview: Hisham Melhem". PBS Frontline. September 2001. Retrieved 2009-01-28. 
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• "Media Literacy: What Makes for Credible Reporting [Arabic]". U.S. Department of State. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2013. 
• "Keynote Speaker: Hisham Melhem". International Affairs Conference. June 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013. 
• "What Next for the Peace Process?". PBS News Hour. 6 November 1995. Retrieved 3 July 2013. 
• "Golan Talks". PBS News Hour. 27 December 1995. Retrieved 3 July 2013. 
• Macleod, Scott (2009-01-28). "How Al-Arabiya Got the Obama Interview". TIME. Retrieved 2009-01-28. 
• Goldberg, Jeffrey (29 January 2009). "Hisham Melhem On His Big Scoop, and Big Changes Coming". Atlantic Monthly. Retrieved 3 July 2013. 
• "Interview: Secretary Colin Powell". U.S. Department of State. 24 April 2003. Retrieved 3 July 2013. 
• "Interview: Secretary Colin Powell". U.S. Department of State. 13 May 2004. Retrieved 3 July 2013. 
• "Interview: Secretary Colin Powell". U.S. Department of State. 30 September 2004. Retrieved 3 July 2013. 
• "Interview: Secretary Condoleezza Rice". U.S. Department of State. 3 March 2005. Retrieved 3 July 2013. 
• "Interview: Secretary Condoleezza Rice". U.S. Department of State. 7 March 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2013. 
• "Interview: Secretary Condoleezza Rice". U.S. Department of State. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2013. 
• "Interview: Hillary Rodham Clinton". U.S. Department of State. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2013. 
• "Interview: Hillary Rodham Clinton". U.S. Department of State. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 2009-01-28. 

• Dual Containment: The Demise of a Fallacy (1997)

• Melhem, Hisham (1997). Dual Containment: The Demise of a Fallacy. Washington: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. 
• "Dual Containment: The Demise of a Fallacy". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 July 2013.