Adil Awadh

Adil Awadh is the Communications Director at the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP). He is an award-winning journalist who has a history that spans working as a medical doctor in Iraq to becoming a voice for moderation and coexistence in the Middle East.

In 2007, he received two international awards [3] for media excellence while working as a senior editor at the Middle East Broadcasting Network, US government funded Arabic TV and Radio that broadcast to the Middle East. The Association for International Broadcasting called Adil a “heavyweight presenter” who brought Radio Sawa “a level of credibility.” Adil was chosen by Elaph website, a leading electronic Arabic news website, as one of the most successful Arab professionals in 2007. Adil earned a master’s degree in journalism from Georgetown University in 2010. As a journalism student and then a fellow of the Pearl Project at Georgetown University, Adil helped investigating [4] the kidnapping and murder of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.

Adil’s articles appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Salon, The Daily Star, Al-Arabiya, Bitterlemons, as well as Arabic newspapers like Asharqalawsat and Al-Hayat. He also appeared on Fox News, CBC, Kuwaiti satellite and other TV channels and radios. In Iraq, he practiced medicine until 1996.

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