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“Viewpoint with James Zogby” is a weekly TV interview program on politics and foreign policy, featuring in-depth discussions of current events and topics that matter to the Arab American community. The program ran for several years as "A Capital View" on the Arab Network of America (ANA) before moving to Abu Dhabi Television, where it enjoyed a global audience. Presently, the program is produced in partnership with New York University and taped at NYU’s Constance Milstein & Family Academic Center in Washington DC. The show has won an award at the Cairo Radio/Television Festival.
Dr. James J. Zogby is President and Co-Founder of the Arab American Institute in Washington, DC. His weekly column, “Washington Watch,” is published in 16 countries, and he frequently appears on national and international media as an expert guest on the Arab American community and Middle East affairs. He has authored several books, including the highly-acclaimed 2010 book, “Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us, and Why it Matters,” and conducts extensive polling across the Middle East with Zogby Research Services.
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by James J. Zogby In June of 1967, I was in the midst of my final weeks in college when the war broke out. At the time, I knew little about the Middle East, since I was more engaged in the anti-war and civil rights movements. And so as I...
by James J. Zogby While most of Washington was eagerly awaiting former FBI Director James Comey's Thursday appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee, they may have missed an important confirmation hearing that occurred a day earlier. On Wednesday, Russell Vought, President Trump's nominee for Deputy Director of the White House...
Washington Watch: Not the Way to Defend Christians
by James J. Zogby The recent horrific massacre of 29 Egyptian Coptic Christian pilgrims served as a tragic reminder of the vulnerability of minority faith communities in many parts of the Middle East. As a Maronite Catholic with family and friends in the Middle East, a PhD in Comparative Religion,...
Washington Watch: Trump Returns
by James J. Zogby If I were a movie critic writing reviews of audience reactions to US President Donald Trump's performances abroad, they would look something like this: "...a big hit in Riyadh"; "...a smash sensation across the Holy Land"; "...subdued, but a success in Vatican City"; and "...a disaster,...
