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Ray Hanania's Biographic Profile
Ray Hanania is an award winning journalist for more than 30 years. He is a political reporter, columnist and
Chicago morning radio talkshow host who began in journalism covering
Chicago's City Hall from 1976 until 1992. Named "Best Ethnic American
Columnist" in Nov. 2006 by the New America Media, Hanania is one of
only a few professional Palestinian Arab American journalists. A member
of the Society of Professional Journalists, serving on the diversity
committee, and the Asian American Journalists Association, serving on
the Media Watch Committee, Hanania is also a coordinator of the National Arab American Journalists Association (NAAJA).
Hanania is the recipient of three SPJ "Lisagor Awards" for column
writing, and is a seven-time finalist. He is the political columnist
for the Chicago Southwest News-Herald Newspaper. You can hear his morning radio show radioChicagoland Monday thru Thursday on WJJG 1530 AM Radio from 8 a.m. until 9:30 and Fri. 8 a.m. to 9.
Hanania also hosted his own live talk radio show
with WBBM FM Radio, WLUP FM including appearances on the Steve Dahl
Show, and for 10 years on WLS AM Radio.
After Sept. 11, 2001, Hanania expanded his communication entering
standup comedy. Although there is humor in the Arab World, there is
very little standup comedy which is as much about commentary and satire
as it is entertainment. He is by far the Palestinian diaspora's
funniest "moderate" standup comedian. He is the co-founder of the Israeli-Palestinian Standup Comedy Tour which has caused him to be ostracized by extremists in the Arab and Muslim American community.
Hanania is also the author of the humor book I'm Glad I Look Like a Terrorist: Growing up Arab in America (1996) and Arabs of Chicagoland, (2005) a history of Chicago's Arab settlement.
His most recent book is "The Catastrophe" (2008) which addresses how
the extremist secular Arab left and the the fanatic Islamic right have
hijacked the Palestinian cause, block peace and prevent Palestinian
Statehood. The book details the author's three decades battle with
extremists advocating for a moderate view and the cause of the
"Two-State Solution" between Israel and Palestine.
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