Jamal Khashoggi

Jamal Khashoggi
Born	Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi 1958 (age 58–59) Madinah
Nationality	Saudi Arabian
Alma mater	Indiana State University
Occupation	Journalist, columnist, author and editor-in-chief

Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi (Arabic: جمال خاشقجي‎‎) (born 1958) is a Saudi journalist, columnist, author and the general manager and editor-in-chief of Al Arab News Channel.

He is internationally respected for his contributions to Al Watan for its becoming a platform for Saudi progressives.

Khashoggi was born in Madinah in 1958. He received elementary and secondary education in Saudi Arabia. He obtained a bachelor's degree in business administration from Indiana State University in 1982.

Jamal Khashoggi began his career as a regional manager for Tihama Bookstores from 1983 to 1984. Later, Khashoggi worked as a correspondent for the Saudi Gazette and an assistant manager for Okaz from 1985 to 1987. He continued his career as a reporter for various daily and weekly Arab newspapers from 1987 to 1990, including Al Sharq Al Awsat, Al Majalla and Al Muslimoon. He became managing editor and acting editor-in-chief of Al Madina in 1991 and his term lasted until 1999.

From 1991 to 1999, he was a foreign correspondent in such countries as Afghanistan, Algeria, Kuwait, Sudan and the Middle East. It is also claimed that he served with both Saudi Intelligence Agency and possibly the United States in Afghanistan during this period. He then was appointed a deputy editor-in-chief of Arab News, the leading English newspaper of Saudi Arabia and served in the post from 1999 to 2003.

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