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» Not to be confused with his brother, John Zogby.
James ("Jim") J. Zogby (
Arabic,جيمس زغبي) is the founder and president of the
Washington, D.C.-based
Arab American Institute. In 2001, Zogby was elected to the Executive Committee of the
United States Democratic National Committee (DNC).
Zogby is also a senior analyst with the polling firm
Zogby International, founded and managed by his brother
John Zogby, and is a prominent lecturer and scholar on
Middle East issues.
Education and early career
From a Christian Lebanese family,
Zogby received a bachelor's degree from
Le Moyne College, he 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.
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..
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.
Writing and advocacy
Since 1992, Zogby has written a weekly 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.
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.
Zogby's ancestors immigrated 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'd roll it back up again. What
Camus didn't tell us is that every time he rolled it back up he got stronger -- and smarter."
(External Link) James Zogby (2002)
"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
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