Director of Al-Arab News Channel
Jamal Khashoggi was born in Saudi Arabia in 1958. He obtained a BA from Indiana State University. In his journey into journalism, he worked as a correspondent for the Saudi Gazette and other Arab newspapers from 1987 to 1999. He covered major events such as the Afghan war, the democratic transformation in Algeria and the war in Kuwait. He has been recognised for his work on Islamist movements and has published works on Sudan, Turkey, Yemen, Egypt and Jordan. In 1999 he was appointed deputy editor of the Arab News, and in 2003 he took over the editorship of the newspaper Al Watan before being appointed media advisor to the Saudi ambassador Prince Turki Al Faisal in London and then Washington. In 2007 he became the editor in-chief of Al Watan for the second time, but then left in May 2010 after he was chosen by Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal to lead the establishment and management of the news channel Al Arab, which has now stopped airing for political reasons. Mr Khashoggi is also the author of three books.
