Mohamed El-Bendary

Mohamed El-Bendary is a naturalized U.S. citizen of Egyptian descent who has lived and worked in five different continents. Residing in Egypt during the upheavals of 2010, he interviews ordinary people and analyzes the role of the media in tumultuous times.He has taught journalism and international relations in the United States and New Zealand. He holds an MA in journalism and public affairs from the American University in Washington, D.C.; a Postgraduate Certificate in Arabic–English translation studies from the University of Westminster in London; and a BA in media communications from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri.Mr. El-Bendary has worked as an independent journalist and published nearly 100 articles in major American newspapers, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, and Editor & Publisher magazine, among others. He is author of The “Ugly American” in the Arab Mind: Why Do Arabs Resent America (Washington, DC: Potomac Books, 2011) and The Egyptian Press and Coverage of Local and International Events (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2010).