Abdel Bari Atwan
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Riadh Sidaoui (left), Bashar Draidi (middle) and Abdel Bari Atwan (right), November 2013, Paris.
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| Native name | عبد الباري عطوان |
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Abdel Bari Atwan 17 February 1950 Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip |
| Residence | London |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Other names | Abd al-Bari Atwan, Abdul Bari Atwan |
| Citizenship | British |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Newspaper Editor-in-Chief |
| Website |
Official website Arabic website |
Abdel Bari Atwan (Arabic: عبد الباري عطوان ʿAbd al-Bārī ʿAṭwān , Levantine pronunciation: [ˈʕabd elˈbaːɾi ʕɑtˤˈwaːn]; born 17 February 1950) is the editor-in-chief of Rai al-Youm, an Arab world digital news and opinion website. He was the editor-in-chief of the London-based pan-Arab newspaper Al Quds Al Arabi from the founding of that paper in 1989 until July 2013.
Abdel Bari Atwan was born on 17 February 1950 in Deir al-Balah, a Palestinian refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, two years after the creation of Israel. His parents Zilfa and Muhammad Atwan lived in Isdud. He was one of their 11 children. After receiving his primary school education at the camp, his schooling was continued first in Jordan in 1967, and then in Cairo, Egypt.
In 1970, he entered Cairo University where he studied journalism and also received a diploma in English-Arabic translation. After his graduation, he started work as a journalist, first with the Al Balaagh newspaper in Libya, then with Al Madina in Saudi Arabia. In 1978, he moved to London, where he has lived ever since, and assumed a job with Asharq Al Awsat, a major Saudi-owned international daily. In 1980, he set up the London office of Al Madina and in 1984 returned to Asharq Al Awsat.
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