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RAY HANANIA

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Ray Hanania

Ray Hanania is an award-winning columnist, author & former Chicago City Hall reporter (1977-1992). A veteran who served during the Vietnam War he is the recipient of four SPJ Peter Lisagor Awards for column writing, (1985, 2002, 2006, 2009) and the National Sigma Delta Chi Award. Hanania was named “Best Ethnic American Columnist” by the New America Media in November 2006.

Hanania writes weekly opinion columns on mainstream American & Chicagoland topics for the Southwest News-Herald, Des Plaines Valley News, the Regional News, The Reporter Newspapers, and Suburban Chicagoland.

Hanania also writes about Middle East issues for the Arab News, and The Arab Daily News analyzing government policies in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict & Arab World. A critic of mainstream news media bias, Hanania advocates for peace & justice for Israel & Palestine, & the empowerment of Arabs in America.

“I write about three topics, the Middle East, politics and life in general. I often take my life experiences and offer them in an entertaining way to readers, and I take on the toughest topics like the Israel-Palestine conflict and don’t pull any punches about what I feel is fair. But, my priority is always about writing the good story.”

What Editor & Publisher Magazine says about Ray Hanania: Dec. 28, 2006 — “Ray Hanania, a former Creators columnist who’s now self-syndicated, is a Palestinian-American writer married to a Jewish woman. He writes about Mideast issues in an evenhanded way that makes him seem positively radical in a sea of columnists who back Israel almost unconditionally. Hanania’s approach, as former President Jimmy Carter discovered with his latest book, is not popular with much of the mainstream media. But it would be interesting if U.S. dailies followed the lead of Israeli newspapers in allowing a much wider spectrum of debate about Mideast issues. By the way, Hanania is also a stand-up comedian who’s hilarious when he opts to use humor.”

Hanania launched a standup comedy career immediately after Sept 11, 2001 bringing together Palestinians and Israelis to promote peace and coexistence. He was immediately attacked by Palestinian fanatics, Arab comedians and Israeli extremists who all reject “normalization” and the performance of Palestinians and Israelis together on the same stage. Many Arab comedians only perform with Jews, and many Jewish commedians boycott Palestinians. In August 2002, Hanania was removed from a show at Zanies Comedy Club in Chicago by Jewish Comedian Jackie Mason. Click here to read about the incident.

Click here to email Hanania. Click Here to LISTEN to Hanania’s live radio show on 2nd Friday every month 7 AM CST. Click here to listen to Ray’s Podcasts.

Arab Radio Podcast: Ray Hanania hosts Iraqi artist Michael Rakowitz

By Ray Hanania | June 8, 2018

Arab Radio Podcast: Ray Hanania hosts Iraqi artist Michael Rakowitz

Arab Radio Podcast: Iraqi artist Michael Rakowitz joins Ray Hanania Iraqi American artist Michael Rakowitz talks about his efforts to recreate Iraqi art and iconic heritage lost to war and ISIS/ISIL violence in this interview on Yalla! Fight Back live Arab Radio Friday June 8, 2018 with host Ray Hanania. You can listen to the…

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Yalla! Fight Back radio show, podcast and book

By Ray Hanania | February 9, 2018

Yalla! Fight Back radio show, podcast and book

Yalla! Fight Back radio show, podcast and book Show episode Friday Feb. 9, 2018 The new book for Arab Americans by political writer and Arab American activist Ray Hanania. Watch for the information on this page soon. Yalla! Fight Back is a guide to help Arab Americans fight back against the racism and bigotry and…

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Podcast Interview with Faisal Abbas of the ArabNews.com

By Ray Hanania | March 31, 2017

Podcast Interview with Faisal Abbas of the ArabNews.com

Podcast Interview with Faisal Abbas of the ArabNews.com Arab News Editor-in-Chief Faisal Abbas discusses trends in the Middle East, developments in Syria, Palestine and Saudi Arabia in a live radio appearance on Radio Baladi on WNZK Detroit radio Friday morning By Ray Hanania Arab News Editor-in-Chief Faisal Abbas joined me on Radio Baladi on live Arab…

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Ray Hanania’s Books

PoweR PR: Ethnic Activists Guide to Strategic Communications
PoweR PR is a simple to follow blueprint for Ethnic and Minority Activists to help them develop strategic communications plans to overcome the bias in the mainstream news media to advance their narrative. The mainstream news media is biased, especially against "minority minorities." This book helps you write the message and create the products to help promote the message directly to the target audience. It details the 10 Fundamentals of Strategic Communications.
****************** I'm Glad I Look Like a Terrorist: Growing up Arab in America
I'm Glad I Look Like A ... Terrorist is a humorous and realistic look at the American ethnic experience by an award-winning Palestinian-American journalist. Hanania describes the subtle and not-so-subtle bigotry facing Arab Americans and offers some solutions for improving America's perceptions of Arabs.

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