Aladdin Elaasar

Aladdin Elaasar is author of “Silent Victims” and “The Last Pharaoh”, where he exposed the authoritarianism of the Mubarak’s regime and its use of anti-Semiticism and anti-Americanism to gain popularity in the region. His books are banned in Egypt and the Arab World. Born, raised and educated in Egypt, Aladdin Elaasar is one of the notable experts on Egypt and the Arab World. Some of his writings are: “Iraq, the State and Terrorism”; where he predicted the downfall of former Dictator Saddam Hussein in 1991. He is a former professor of Arabic language and Area Studies at the Defense Language Institute, and the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Elaasar has been a frequent commentator on the Middle East on American TV and Radio networks and cofounder and former Vice President of NAAJA, the American Arab Journalists Association. He speaks English, Arabic, French and Spanish.