Mohamed Elmenshawy is the editor in chief of Taqrir Washington. Before joining Taqrir Washington, Elmenshawy worked as the managing editor for Global Issues, an Arabic-language bimonthly publication. He also served as a Washington correspondent for the daily pan-Arab newspaper Asharq Alawsat where he covered the White House, the State Department, and Congress. He appears frequently on CNN International, MSNBC, Aljazeera, Alarabyia, and other pan-Arab TV networks. Elmenshawy is the author of several articles on Middle Eastern issues in such publications as International Herald Tribune and Aljazeera.net. Elmenshawy teaches classes about current issues in the Arab world, and Arab media at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C. Mr. Elmenshawy holds a MA in International Relations and Middle Eastern Politics from Ohio’s University of Akron as well as an MBA in International Strategy from American University in Washington, DC. In 1992 he earned his BA in Political Science from Egypt’s Cairo University