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As'ad AbuKhalil
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As'ad AbuKhalil March 16, 1960 Tyre, Lebanon |
Residence | Modesto, California, USA |
Nationality | Lebanese-American |
Other names | "Angry Arab" |
Occupation | Professor of political science |
Employer | California State University, Stanislaus |
Website | http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ |
As'ad AbuKhalil (Arabic: أسعد أبو خليل) (born March 16, 1960) is a Lebanese-American professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus.
AbuKhalil is the author of Historical Dictionary of Lebanon (1998), Bin Laden, Islam & America's New "War on Terrorism" (2002), and The Battle for Saudi Arabia (2004). He maintains a blog, The Angry Arab News Service.
AbuKhalil was born in Tyre, Lebanon, and grew up in Beirut. He received his B.A. and M.A. in political science from the American University of Beirut, and a Ph.D. in comparative government from Georgetown University.
AbuKhalil is a professor at California State University, Stanislaus and was briefly a visiting professor at UC Berkeley. In addition, he has taught at Tufts University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Colorado College, California State University Stanislaus, and Randolph-Macon Woman's College.
AbuKhalil describes himself as "a former Marxist-Leninist, now an anarchist", a feminist, and an atheist.