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Hussein Ibish

Hussein Ibish

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Hussein Ibish is a US affairs columnist for The National. He is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. He is a weekly columnist for Bloomberg and The National. He has made thousands of radio and television appearances and was the Washington, DC correspondent for the Daily Star (Beirut). Many of Ibish’s articles are archived on his Ibishblog website. His most recent book is What’s Wrong with the One-State Agenda? Why Ending the Occupation and Peace with Israel is Still the Palestinian National Goal (ATFP, 2009). Hussein was included in all three years (2011, 2012, and 2013) of Foreign Policy’s “Twitterati 100,” the magazine’s list of 100 “must-follow” Twitter feeds on foreign policy. Hussein is the editor and principal author of three major studies of Hate Crimes and Discrimination against Arab Americans 1998-2000 (ADC, 2001), Sept. 11, 2001-Oct. 11, 2002 (ADC, 2003), and 2003-2007 (ADC, 2008). He previously served as a senior fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine, and executive director of the Hala Salaam Maksoud Foundation for Arab-American Leadership from 2004-09. From 1998-2004, Hussein served as communications director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. He has a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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America only stands to gain from stronger ties with the Gulf

Trump's Gulf sojourn is a rare diplomatic visit in which everyone is a winner

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Trump's tariffs on 'foreign' films should make us ask: After David Lynch, who?

With the US trying to limit access to global perspectives, it’s unclear who will be up to the task of holding up a mirror to American culture and society like the late filmmaker did

May 08, 2025
Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, on April 30.  EPA
Trump's agenda to remake the US is in trouble

Whether tariffs or immigration, most aspects of the plan are already facing strong opposition

May 01, 2025
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As the opposition party, how the Democrats position themselves takes on a great degree of significance

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Trump is erecting a police state in America

His administration is changing the relationship between the individual and the state

April 17, 2025
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Nobody knows the rules of Trump's tariffs game

Trump inherited a stable, functioning US economy and global trading system. Yet he is risking a large self-inflicted wound

April 10, 2025
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Trump's doctrine that power equals fear is cascading through US society

The US administration's squabble with a judge is the start of the biggest question facing the country right now: will the administration obey the courts?

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Why Donald Trump’s tariff plan stands to backfire

It is reckless and lacks a clear plan consistent with current economic realities

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Mahmoud Khalil’s detention is an assault on free speech in America

The Trump administration’s nakedly political act will lead the country down a slippery slope

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His willingness to face down both the Russian forces and Trump is nothing less than a heroic act

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The President’s absurd expulsion plan and subsequent U-turn served real purposes beyond trolling and confusion

February 26, 2025
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An executive order issued by the US President has formalised a long-standing norm

February 20, 2025
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Trump cutting jobs could take the US in a dangerous new direction

Stripping federal workers of due process rights would be an unprecedented ideological purge of the bureaucracy

February 06, 2025
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For Trump, is Gaza merely real estate to be developed?

It would appear that for the US President, Palestinians are Lego pieces to be moved around to enable the reconstruction of their homeland – to the benefit of Israel

January 30, 2025
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America became stronger, but it was still dragged around by Israel

January 15, 2025