Media: Extensive experience in Arab media outlets, including as host of political talk show and as researcher and analyst for various newspapers and television stations throughout Arab world.

Information Science:  Expert in data gathering and processing related to Middle Eastern affairs, especially political and social aspects of Arab development. Decades of experience in compiling and dissemination of Arab media information.

Management: Established and managed a private company for data gathering and processing in the Arab world. Vast network of contacts with Arab media.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2012 – present  General Director, Radio Voice of Lebanon - VDL

2003 2012 Producer / Presenter, “All Diretions”, Weekly political talk show, Middle East Television Network “Al Hurra”, US Inernational Broadcasting Bureau, Washington DC.

2000 – 2003    Director and Owner of MSI (Multidata Services Inc.): Lebanese center specialized in research, documentation, information technology, and archives of most Arab media sources.

2002-2003       Lecturer – Saint Joseph University ( Universite pour tous) – Pluralism and Islamic Fundamentalism in the Arab world.

1995 -  2000    Lecturer - Balamand University, Lebanon – Media and Information sciences.

1992 - 2000     Director of MERS (Middle East Research & Studies),                                                        Lebanese center specialized in research, documentation, and information Technology, and archives of Arab media sources.

1990-1993       Consultant in documentation and information science,AL- HAYAT PUBLICATIONS, Arabic daily published in London,U.K.

1989-1990       General Director, INSTITUTE OF MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES -                              I.M.E.S. - Nicosia, Cyprus. The institute was established in January 1989 to document and monitor the political, economic, social and strategic events in the Middle East.

1984-1988       General Director, LEBANESE CENTER FOR DOCUMENTATION AND RESEARCH, House of the Future, Beirut, Lebanon. The center's aim is to document and monitor the political, economic, social and strategic events in Lebanon and the Middle East

1974-1984              Director, AN-NAHAR RESEARCH CENTER FOR DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION, An-Nahar Newspaper, Beirut, Lebanon.

EDUCATION

1975                                Law degree, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.