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Walid Phares | |
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وليد فارس | |
| Born | December 24, 1957 Batroun, Lebanon |
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| Alma mater | Lebanese University (LLB) Saint Joseph University (BA) University of Lyon (LLM) University of Miami (PhD) |
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| Notable work | Lebanese Christian Nationalism: The Rise and Fall of an Ethnic Resistance (1995) Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against America (2005) |
| Political party | Kataeb Party (c. 1984–1990) Republican Party (c. 2012–present) |
Walid Phares (Arabic: وليد فارس; born December 24, 1957) is a Lebanese-American politician, scholar, and conservative pundit.[1][2]
He worked for the Republican presidential campaigns of Mitt Romney in 2012 and Donald Trump in 2016. He has also served as a commentator on terrorism and the Middle East for Fox News since 2007,[3] and for NBC from 2003 to 2006.[4]
A Maronite Christian, Phares has gained notoriety for being a Chairman of the Social Democratic Party in Lebanon in the 1980s during the Lebanese Civil War, and for his expertise in counter-terrorism focusing on jihadism.[2][5][6][7]
- ^ Rozen, Laura (October 6, 2011). "Mitt Romney announces his foreign policy team". Yahoo News. The Envoy. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
- ^ a b Tharoor, Ishaan (March 22, 2016). "The dark, controversial past of Trump's counterterrorism adviser". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ^ "The Trump Campaign Is Paying A Fox News Analyst $13,000 A Month". Media Matters. July 26, 2016.
- ^ "Walid Phares". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ Sidahmed, Mazin (October 21, 2016). "The Muslim cleric who stumps for Trump draws ire and confusion". The Guardian. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ^ Smith, Ben (October 12, 2011). "Romney and Phares". Politico. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ^ Schanzer, Jonathan (September 7, 2007). "War of Ideas: Jihadism Against Democracy [on Walid Phares' book, refs. Middle East studies, Juan Cole, As'ad Abu Khalil, John Esposito]". Campus Watch.
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