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Haisam Hassenein

Haisam Hassanein is a Glazer Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

  • Contestants for the Miss Israeli-Arab for 2009 beauty contest wait behind the scenes during the show in the northern Israeli-Arab town of Shfaram on December 6, 2009.
    Contestants for the Miss Israeli-Arab for 2009 beauty contest wait behind the scenes during the show in the northern Israeli-Arab town of Shfaram on December 6, 2009.
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    A Beauty Queen Helps Israel’s Egyptian Community Find Its Voice

    As many as 7,000 Egyptians live in the Jewish State, including one former Arab Miss Israel. Suspected by Cairo of being spies, they’re fighting for their rights.

    byHaisam Hassenein
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    Cross-Cultural Understanding, Out of Context

    After my valedictory speech at Tel Aviv University went viral, the Egyptian media painted me—an Egyptian—as a betrayer because I spoke of co-existence

    byHaisam Hassenein
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