Hamad Nazzal

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Who is Hamad Nazzal?

Hamad Nazzal is the editor of the Arab Washingtonian newspaper. He had worked for Al Ahali newspaper, Shihan, al-Jamaheer, The Gulf Today, Al Khaleej, and the UAE Air Force Magazine. In addition, he is a former writer at Radio Sawa, Jamestown, and Magharebia. Nazzal was granted a B.A. in Literature in 1991 and M.Phil. from Glasgow University in 1997.

In 1989, Nazzal founded an Amnesty International group in Jordan and was elected a member of the executive committee of the Jordan branch of the organization. He was also the Director of Jordan Cultural Forum.

Nazzal is a critic of totalitarian Arab regimes; the US foreign policy in the Middle East; and the fundamental Islamic movements in the region. Democracy, in his view, is the only path towards development and progress. He argues that the current popularity of Islamist organizations in the Middle East is temporary as the public mood in the region is historically moderate. The past fifty years of Arab dictatorships had produced massive state failure which lead to increasing the support of traditional forces who were powerless in the region from 1900-1990. “What’s taking place in the Arab world is not unprecedented, when people suffer they resort to churches and temples".

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on July 23, 2013

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