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Hussain Abdul-Hussain (Arabic حسين عبد الحسين) is a journalist and expert on the Middle East. He is currently a correspondent with the Kuwaiti daily Al Rai (formerly Al-Rai-al-Aam) and a Visiting Fellow with Chatham House, London. He lives in Washington DC.
Abdul-Hussain worked for Congress-funded Arabic TV, Alhurra, as a news producer. Prior to joining Alhurra, he worked as a reporter and later as editor for Beirut's The Daily Star. He was in Baghdad in April/May 2003 where he reported on the downfall of the Saddam Hussein regime. He has contributed articles to the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The International Herald Tribune, the USA Today and the Baltimore Sun and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC and the BBC. He often contributes editorials to Arabic daily Annahar of Lebanon, Egypt's Al-Ahram Weekly Suplement as well as Al-Ahram's Democracy Periodical. He appears regularly on Arabic satellite TV stations.
Abdul-Hussain is a graduate of the American University of Beirut where he studied history of the Middle East with a minor in political studies.