Brief Bio-data

Name: Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi

Age: 42 years (as of August 2001)

Place of birth: Madinah

Primary & Secondary Education: Schools at Madinah

University Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Indiana State University, USA.

Professional Experience:

2000 March till date: Deputy Editor-in-Chief, ARAB NEWS daily.

1999 – 2000 February: Managing Editor, ARAB NEWS daily.

1991 – 1999: Correspondent of London-based AL-HAYAT Arabic daily in Saudi Arabia and also covered important events in Afghanistan, Algeria, Kuwait, Sudan and Middle East.

1990 – 1991: Managing Editor and acting editor in chief of AL-MADINAH Arabic daily.

1987 – 1990: Correspondent for AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT Arabic daily, AL-MAJALLAH and AL-MUSLIMOON weeklies and covered events such as second Gulf War and Afghan War.

1985 – 1987: Reporter for SAUDI GAZETTE daily and Assistant Manager of Information Center at OKAZ newspaper.

1983 – 1984: Regional Manager at Tihama in Jeddah region and sales manager at Tihama Bookstores.

Conferences & Meetings attended:

-Council On Foreign Relations, New York.

-Oxford Center for Islamic Studies, Oxford.

-Middle East Study Center, University of New York.

-Al-Ahram Study Center – Cairo.

Regular political commentator for BBC, Aljazera TV, Local Saudi Channel and several publications.