Mohamed El-Menshawy

Mohamed El-Menshawy is adjunct scholar, and the director of the languages and regional studies program at the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC. He writes a weekly column for Egyptian daily Al-Shorouk News. He was the editor in chief of Arab Insight, a journal communicating Arab perspectives on the Middle East affairs to American audiences. Also he was the founding editor of Taqrir Washington, which provides U.S. news and analysis in Arabic. El-Menshawy holds a master's degree in international relations and Middle Eastern politics from the University of Akron, Ohio and an MBA in international strategy from American University in DC. He earned his bachelor's degree in political science from Cairo University in Egypt.