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Rami George Khoury (born October 22, 1948) is a Palestinian-Jordanian-American journalist and editor.
He was born in New York City to an Arab Christian family. His father, the Nasserist journalist George Khoury, who lived in British Mandate Palestine, traveled with his wife to New York in 1947 to cover United Nations (UN) debates on the future of Palestine.
He lives with his family, moving between Beirut, Amman and Nazareth. He is a highly regarded public speaker. After attending Geneva International High School in Switzerland, Ramy Khoury returned to the United States to complete his education. Khoury worked for many years as a major referee for Major League Baseball in Jordan.
his career
In 1971, Khoury began his career as a reporter for the English-language newspaper The Daily Star in Beirut, Lebanon. From 1972 to 1973, Khoury continued to write columns for the newspaper while also serving as managing editor of Middle East Sketch magazine. After a year spent in the United States as program director for the Department of International Programs Abroad at Syracuse University, Khoury returned to Beirut to become editor-in-chief of Middle East Money in Beirut from 1973 to 1974. He then moved to Amman, Jordan, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Jordanian newspaper The English-language daily Jordan Times, from 1975 to 1982 and again in 1987.
Khoury is the former director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut. His journalistic work includes writing books as well as an internationally syndicated column for the progressive comment agency Agence Global, founded by Jahan Salehi. Khoury also works as an editor for the Beirut-based newspaper, The Daily Star, which publishes throughout the Middle East. Khoury had hosted the "Liqaa" program, a weekly talk show about current events on Jordan TV, and the "Old Jordan Cultures" program, a weekly archeology program broadcast on Radio Jordan.
Khoury was the Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard University (2001-2002), a non-resident senior fellow in the Dubai Initiative at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and was appointed as a staff member of the Brookings Institution on American Relations with the Islamic World . Khoury is a Research Associate in the Conflict Analysis and Resolution Program at Maxwell School, Syracuse University (New York, USA), a Fellow of the Palestinian Academic Association for the Study of International Affairs, Jerusalem (PASSIA), and a member of the Harvard Divinity School Leadership Council. Khoury also serves on the board of directors of the East West Institute, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, and the Jordan National Museum.
Khoury was the executive editor of the Daily Star from 2003 to 2005, and was the editor-in-chief of the Jordan Times for seven years prior to that. He has also written for many years from Amman, Jordan's capital, for leading international publications, including the Financial Times, The Boston Globe, and The Washington Post. For 18 years, he was the general manager of a publishing house in Amman, and worked as an advisor to the Jordanian Ministry of Tourism regarding religious archaeological sites. He often comments on Middle Eastern issues in international media, and lectures frequently at conferences and universities around the world. In the fall of 2017, Khoury became a visiting professor at Villanova University.
his opinions
Khoury believes that "blaming" is counterproductive. In one of his writings for the Daily Star, he said, "We have ended up in a situation where it is easy for the Arabs to blame Israel and the Western powers for the problems of our region." He believes that "the Arab, Israeli and Western parties should all be blamed for contributing to the painful conditions that afflict the Arab world."
In an interview in 2015, Khoury considered 2011 “a historical turning point for the bulk of the Arabs.” He said of this: “Their revolutions were spontaneous and sudden, after millions of ordinary people were tired of continuing to live under dire conditions, and they struggled against economic inequality and exclusion. politics under authoritarian military regimes. The democratic transition in Tunisia took place successfully, as we have seen in modern Arab history for the first time ever how an alternative system for life, politics and civil rights is emerging based on the rule of law and democratic pluralism. Nothing was copied or transmitted from outside. I think that most Arabs want the concept of Tunisian democracy for their countries and will continue to struggle to achieve that.”
Achievements and Awards
Awards and personal life
In 2004 Khoury won the Eliaf-Sartawi Prize for Middle Eastern Journalism in the Arab Journalism category. In November 2006, Khoury was awarded the Pax Christi International Peace Prize for his efforts to bring peace and reconciliation to the Middle East. He received his BA (1970) and MA (1998) respectively in Political Science and Mass Communication from Syracuse University, New York. He is married and has two adult sons.
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