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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, Middle East Monitor, 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.

Democratic Machine revives in election as big names are pushed under

By Ray Hanania | March 21, 2018

Democratic Machine revives in election as big names are pushed under

Democratic Machine revives in election as big names are pushed under J.B. Pritzker defeats Kennedy who runs 3rd behind Daniel Biss for Governor. Kwame Raoul holds a lead over former Governor Pat Quinn for Illinois Attorney General. Congressman Dan Lipinski holds a tight lead over liberal challenger Marie Newman. Fritz Kaegi unseats Joe Berrios as…

American politics, Arabs of Chicagoland, Blogger, Commentary, elections, Good Government, Mainstream, Opinion, Orland Park, politics, Suburban Chicagoland2018 , Christopher Kennedy , Dan Lipinski , Daniel Biss , election , Fritz Kaegi , Illinois Primary , J.B. Pritzker , Joe Berrios , Kwame Raoul , Lauren Staley-Ferry , March 20 , Maria Pappas , Marie Newman , Pat Quinn , Patricia Joan Murphy , Robert Fioretti , Toni Preckwinkle

Crestwood, saving money at the expense of the public

By Ray Hanania | March 9, 2018

Crestwood, saving money at the expense of the public

Crestwood, saving money at the expense of the public In the heated race for the 6th Cook County Board District, Patricia Joan Murphy offers taxpayers a better chance of standing up to tax increase. Crestwood Mayor Lou Presta reflects Crestwood’s record of failing to defend taxpayer rights. Crestwood’s history and recent newspaper disclosures about Presta’s…

American politics, Blogger, Commentary, elections, Good Government, Mainstream, Opinion, politics, Suburban Chicagoland2018 , 6th Cook County Board district , Crestwood Mayor , Democratic Primary , election , Lou Presta , March 18 , Patricia Joan Murphy

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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