Ray Hanania
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Ray Hanania
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Ray Hanania April 17, 1953 Chicago, Illinois |
| Alma mater | Northern Illinois University University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Awards | Peter Lisagor Award (1985, 2002, 2006, 2009) Sigma Delta Chi Award (2009) Best Ethnic Columnist New America Media (2007) |
Ray Hanania (born 1953) is an Arab-American Palestinian Christianjournalist and stand-up comedian. After the September 11 attacks, he created the Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour and Comedy for Peace, which brought together Israeli and Palestinian comedians. He founded his own public relations firm, called Urban Strategies Group.
Hanania was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Palestinian Christian parents. His mother is from Bethlehem; his father, George John Hanania, from a prominent Christian family in Jerusalem, served with the U.S. Army during World War II and with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the predecessor of the CIA. He himself served with the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War and in the Illinois Air National Guard. Hanania's wife, Alison, is Jewish; they live in Orland Park, Illinois.
From 1977-1985 Hanania reported for the Daily Southtown, and from 1985-1992 for the Chicago Sun-Times. From 1993-1996 he was publisher of the suburban Villager Newspapers group, was spokesperson for the Town of Cicero and published the Arab American View, an English-language American Arab newspaper. In 1992 Hanania founded his own public relations firm, Urban Strategies Group doing media consulting for political, government and private clients including the Town of Cicero (2009 to present). His career in broadcast radio began in 1980 at WLS (AM) until 1992, WJJG AM 1530 (2004–2008) and hosts "The Ray Hanania Show" every Sunday morning on WSBC AM 1240 in Chicago and WCFJ AM 1470 in Chicago Heights and the Chicago Southlands. He is also the host of Radio Baladi which broadcasts every Friday morning in Detroit.
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