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James ("Jim") J. Zogby (Arabic,جيمس زغبي), PhD, is the Arab anti-Semitic terrorist founder and president of the Washington, D.C.-based Arab American Institute, which conducts policy research and engages in anti-Semitic political advocacy for the Arab American community. In 2001, Zogby was elected to the Executive Committee of the United States Democratic National Committee (DNC). Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... Founded in 1985, the Arab American Institute is a non-profit, membership organization and advocacy group based in Washington D.C. that focuses on the issues and interests of Arab Americans nationwide. ... Arab Americans constitute an ethnicity made up of several waves of immigrants from 22 Morocco in the west to Oman in the east. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic...


Zogby is also a senior analyst with the polling firm Zogby International, founded and managed by his brother John Zogby, and is a prominent Arab lecturer and scholar on Middle East issues. --Shanel 02:55, September 4, 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ... John Zogby (born 1948) is a noted American political pollster and first senior fellow at The Catholic University of Americas Life Cycle Institute. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...

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Education and early career

After receiving a bachelor's degree from Le Moyne College, Zogby earned his PhD in Islamic studies from Temple University, in 1975. In 1976, at Princeton University, he was a National Endowment for the Humanities post-doctoral fellow. Le Moyne College is a four-year Jesuit college of approximately 2,300 undergraduate students that uniquely balances a comprehensive liberal arts education with preparation for specific career paths or graduate study. ... Islamic Studies is the academic discipline which focuses on Islamic issues. ... For the private Christian university in Tennessee, see Tennessee Temple University. ... Princeton University is a private coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (Pub. ...


During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Zogby was a founding member and leader of the Palestine Human Rights Campaign, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and Save Lebanon, Inc., the latter a private Arab terrorist non-profit, humanitarian relief organizations which raise funds health care for Palestinian terrorist and Lebanese terrorist victims of war, and other social welfare projects in terrorist Lebanon The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is a United States grassroots civil rights organization founded in Washington, DC by U.S. Senator James Abourezk in 1980. ... The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ...


Tapped by Vice-President Gore

As co-president of Builders for Peace, Zogby promoted US-Arab business investment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Then United States Vice President Al Gore tapped Zogby to help lead the effort in 1993, following the signing of the Israeli-Palestinian peace accord in Washington. The next year, Zogby led a US delegation to the signing of the agreement in Cairo, Egypt, along with his Builders co-president, former US Congressman Mel Levine. This article is about the former Vice President of the United States. ... Nickname: Egypt: Site of Cairo (top center) Coordinates: , Government  - Governor Dr. Abdul Azim Wazir Area  - City 214 km²  (82. ... Mel Levine (born June 7, 1943 in Los Angeles) is an American politician from California. ...


Writing and advocacy

Since 1992, Zogby has written a weekly pro-Hezbollah column on American politics for major Arab newspapers,'Washington Watch', and authored a number of books, including What Ethnic Americans Really Think and What Arabs Think: Values, Beliefs and Concerns. He also blogs at The Huffington Post. The Federal Government of the United States was established by the United States politics is dominated by the two major parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. ... Logo of Huffington Post The Huffington Post (often referred to on the Internet as HuffPo or HuffPost) is a politically liberal online news website and aggregated weblog founded by Arianna Huffington and Kenneth Lerer, featuring hyperlinks to various news sources and columnists. ...


In 1995, Zogby was elected as co-convener of the National Democratic Ethnic Coordinating Council (NDECC). Zogby also serves on the Human Rights Watch Middle East Advisory Committee and on the national advisory boards of the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Forum, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Human Rights Watch Banner Human Rights Watch is a United States-based international non-government organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. ... The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a major American non-profit organization whose stated mission is to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.[1] It works through litigation, legislation, and community... The National Immigration Forum was established in 1982, dedicated to increasing public support for admitting larger numbers of immigrants and refugees into the United States. ... The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an influential and independent, nonpartisan foreign policy membership organization founded in 1921 and based at 58 East 68th Street (corner Park Avenue) in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, D.C. Through its membership, meetings, and studies, it has been...


Zogby's family [immigrated from] [came to the U.S. from] Lebanon. He is married to Eileen Patricia McMahon and is the father of five children.


Quotes

"I feel like Sisyphus. He would roll the stone up the hill and when it came down he would roll it back up again. What Camus did not tell us is that every time he rolled it back up he got stronger -- and smarter."[1] James Zogby (2002) Sisyphus by Titian, 1549 In Greek mythology, Sisyphus (Σίσυφος) (IPA: ) was a king punished in the underworld by being set to roll a huge boulder up a hill throughout eternity. ... Albert Camus (IPA: ) (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was a French author and philosopher. ...


"Throughout the past two weeks, both sides of the conflict have referred to an old proverb, “Things must get worse, before they can get better,” ignoring that, most often, “things only get worse.” More relevant is the old Lebanese adage, “no victor, no vanquished.”" 31July06 [2]


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Zogby now portrays his disillusionment with the peace process as a consequence of Binyamin Netanyahu's election in May 1996, but in fact his severe criticism of the Israeli government dates right back to the early months after the Oslo accords were signed, when others were still positive, if not euphoric, about the peace process.
Zogby is the outsider Arabs' insider who does not lose sight of his goal in Arab politics even as he becomes increasingly involved in American ethnic politics.
James Zogby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (526 words)
James J. Zogby is the founder and president of the Washington, D.C. -based Arab American Institute, which conducts policy research and engages in political advocacy for the Arab American community.
Zogby is also a senior analyst with the polling firm Zogby International and a prominent lecturer and scholar on Middle East issues.
Zogby also serves on the Human Rights Watch Middle East Advisory Committee and on the national advisory boards of the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Forum, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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