Dania Koleilat Khatib

Expertise

US-Arab relations, the relation of the GCC with the West; sectarian incitement in media; Sunni-Shia reconciliation and combatting extremism.

Bio

Before being a researcher on US-Arab relations and a monitor on anti-Arab biases in US mainstream media, Dania worked as a marketing consultant and director, a PR account manager and in banking.

She authored a book on the Arab lobby and the factors for success and for failure and is a regular publisher on, namely, on the US relation with the Arab Gulf in several regional newspapers: Annahar Lebanon, Riyadh KSA-Al khaleej UAE-Al Ahram Egypt and Gulf News UAE-Annahar-Lebanon- She is a weekly columnist in the Bahraini newspaper Al Watan. Dania is a regular on a series of Middle Eastern TV stations.

She is a member Member of the Arab Council of Social Studies and an Advisor for Al Istishari Al Strategy Center for Economic and Future Studies.

Dania holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Exeter and both an MA and a BA in Business Administration from the American University in Beirut.