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Khalil Jahshan
Born	(1948-05-09) May 9, 1948 (age 76) Nazareth, British Mandate of Palestine
Nationality	American
Education	Harding University
Occupation(s)	Executive Director of Arab Center Washington DC, Inc.
Title	Executive Director

Khalil Jahshan (Arabic: خليل جهشان) (born in Nazareth, British Mandate of Palestine in 1948) is a Palestinian-American political analyst and media commentator. He serves currently as Executive Director of Arab Center Washington DC, a nonprofit think tank focusing on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Between 2004-2013, Jahshan was a Lecturer in International Studies and Languages at Pepperdine University and Executive Director of its Seaver College Washington DC Internship Program. He received a bachelor's degree in political science and French from Harding University in 1972.^[1]

Jahshan was born to a Palestinian Christian family in Nazareth, British Mandate of Palestine in 1948. He completed his elementary (Ecole Jesu Adolescent-Don Bosco) and secondary education (Terra Sancta) there. In 1969, he traveled to the United States to pursue his college education at Harding University.^[1]

• Member of the boards of directors and advisory boards of various Middle East-oriented groups, including ANERA, MIFTAH and Search for Common Ground in the Middle East^{[citation needed]}

• American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
• National Association of Arab-Americans
• Palestinian Christians

• Khalil Jahshan LinkedIn profile
• Khalil Jahshan on Charlie Rose
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Khalil Jahshan collected news and commentary at Al Jazeera English