name	Bruce Feiler
birth date	October 25, 1964
birth place	Savannah, Georgia
education	Yale University B.A. 1987; Cambridge University MPhil International Relations 1991
occupation	Writer, journalist, television host
gender	male
status	married
spouse	Linda Rottenberg
children	Eden, Tybee
credits	Best-selling author of nine books; writer-presenter of the PBS miniseries ''Walking the Bible''; credited with formulating The Feiler Faster Thesis
url	http://brucefeiler.com }}

Bruce Feiler (born October 25, 1964) is a popular American writer on faith, family, and finding meaning in everyday life. He is the best-selling author of nine books, including ''Walking the Bible'', ''Abraham'', and ''America's Prophet'', and one of only a handful of writers to have four consecutive New York Times nonfiction best-sellers in the last decade. He is also the writer/presenter of the PBS miniseries ''Walking the Bible''.

His latest book, ''The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me'', describes how he responded to a diagnosis of cancer by asking six men from all passages of his life to be present through the passages of his young daughters’ lives.

Career

Feiler is credited with formulating the Feiler Faster Thesis: the increasing pace of society and journalists' ability to report it is matched by the public's desire for more information.

He has written for numerous publications including ''The New Yorker'', ''The New York Times Magazine'', and ''Gourmet magazine'', where he won three James Beard Awards. He is also a frequent contributor to National Public Radio, CNN, and Fox News.

A native of Savannah, Georgia, Feiler lives in New York with his wife, Linda Rottenberg, and their twin daughters. Rottenberg, who frequently appears in his books, is co-founder and CEO of Endeavor, a nonprofit that supports High-Impact Entrepreneurs.

Feiler completed his undergraduate degree at Yale University where he was a member of Ezra Stiles College, before spending time teaching English in Japan as part of the JET Program. This experience led to his first book, ''Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan'', a popular portrait of life in a small Japanese town. Upon his return he earned a masters degree in international relations from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, which he chronicled in his book ''Looking for Class''.

Works

Bruce Feiler’s early books involve immersing himself in different cultures and bringing other worlds to life. These include ''Learning to Bow'', an account of the year he spent teaching in rural Japan; ''Looking for Class'', about life inside Oxford and Cambridge; and ''Under the Big Top'', which depicts the year he spent performing as a clown in the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus.

His recent work made him a respected authority on religion, politics, and relevant emotional issues. ''Walking the Bible'' describes his perilous, 10,000-mile journey retracing the Five Books of Moses through the desert. The book was hailed as an “instant classic” by the ''Washington Post'' and “thoughtful, informed, and perceptive” by ''The New York Times''. It spent more than a year and a half on the New York Times best-seller list, has been translated into fifteen languages, and is the subject of a children’s book and a photography book.

In 2006, PBS aired the miniseries ''Walking the Bible'' that received record ratings and was viewed by 20 million people in its first month. “Beguiling,” wrote the ''Wall Street Journal''. “Mr. Feiler is an engaging and informed guide.”

''Abraham'' recounts his personal search for the shared ancestor of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. “Exquisitely written,” wrote the ''Boston Globe'', “100 percent engaging.” The book was featured on the cover of ''TIME Magazine'', became a runaway New York Times best-seller, and inspired thousands of grassroots interfaith discussions.

''Where God Was Born'' describes his year-long trek retracing the Bible through Israel, Iraq, and Iran. “Bruce Feiler is a real-life Indiana Jones,” wrote the ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution''. ''America's Prophet: Moses and the American Story'' discusses the significance of Moses as a symbolic prophet throughout four-hundred years of American history. Both books were New York Times best-sellers. He also wrote about the role of Moses as a defining influence in American life, including the presidency of Barack Obama, in ''TIME'' Magazine.

Feiler's latest book, ''The Council of Dads'', describes how, after learning he had a seven-inch osteosarcoma in his left femur, he asked six men from all passages of his life to be present through the passages of his young daughters’ lives. “I believe my daughters will have plenty of opportunities in their lives,” he wrote these men. “They’ll have loving families. They’ll have each other. But they may not have me. They may not have their dad. Will you help be their dad?”

The book was featured on the cover of ''USA Weekend'', on ''The Today Show'', and in ''People magazine''. Dr. Sanjay Gupta made a documentary about the story on CNN. Feiler began an initiative with 23andMe to decode the genome of patients with primary bone cancers.

Bibliography

''The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me'' (2010) (ISBN 0-06-177876-1)

''America’s Prophet: Moses and the American Story'' (2009) (ISBN 0-06-057488-7)

''Walking the Bible: A Photographic Journey'' (2005) (ISBN 0-06-079904-8)

''Where God Was Born : A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion'' (2005) (ISBN 0-06-057487-9)

''Walking the Bible (Children's Edition) : An Illustrated Journey for Kids Through the Greatest Stories Ever Told'' (2004) (ISBN 0-06-051119-2)

''Abraham : A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths'' (2002) (ISBN 0-06-052509-6)

''Walking the Bible: A Journey on Land Through the Five Books of Moses'' (2001) (ISBN 0-380-80731-9)

''Dreaming Out Loud: Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes, and the Changing Face of Nashville'' (1998) (ISBN 0-380-79470-5)

''Under the Big Top: A Season with the Circus'' (1995) (ISBN 0-06-052702-1)

''Looking for Class: Days and Nights at Oxford and Cambridge'' (1993) (ISBN 0-06-052703-X)

''Learning to Bow: An American Teacher in a Japanese School'' (1991) (Republished as ''Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan'') (ISBN 0-06-057720-7)

Introduction to the 2002 re-launch of H. V. Morton's classic 1936 travelog, ''In the Steps of St. Paul'' (ISBN 0-306-81112-X)

References

External links

Author's official website

''Council of Dads'' website

Author's Harper Collins website

Council of Dads behind-the-scenes video

CNN's Sanjay Gupta, M.D. special edition - Council of Dads (30 min.), May 1, 2010

Video discussions involving Feiler conducted on BloggingHeads.tv

Article: "How Moses Shaped America", ''TIME'' Magazine, October 12, 2009

Interview: NBC's ''Today Show'', April 28, 2010

Interview: ''USA Weekend'', April 9, 2010

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name	Fareed Zakaria
birthname	Fareed Rafiq Zakaria
Birth date	January 20, 1964
Birth place	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
education	Yale University (A.B.)Harvard University (Ph.D)
occupation	Journalist, commentator, author
spouse	Paula Throckmorton Zakaria
children	Omar, Lila, Sofia
religion	Islam
credits	''Time'' magazine, contributing editor (2010)''Fareed Zakaria GPS'', host (2008–present) ''Newsweek International'', editor (2000–2010) ''Foreign Exchange'', host (2005–2007) ''Foreign Affairs'', former managing editor
url	http://www.fareedzakaria.com }}

Fareed Rafiq Zakaria (Konkani/Hindi: फ़रीद राफ़िक़ ज़कारिया, born January 20, 1964) is an Indian-American journalist and author. From 2000, he was a columnist for ''Newsweek'' and editor of ''Newsweek International'', until moving to Editor-At-Large of ''Time'' in 2010. He is also the host of CNN's ''Fareed Zakaria GPS'', and a frequent commentator and author about issues related to international relations, trade and American foreign policy.

In 2010, the government of India honored him with the Padma Bhushan for his contribution towards journalism.

Early life

Zakaria was born in Mumbai (then Bombay), Maharashtra, India, to a Konkani Muslim family. His father, Rafiq Zakaria, was a politician associated with the Indian National Congress and an Islamic scholar. His mother, Fatima Zakaria, was for a time the editor of the ''Sunday Times of India''.

Zakaria attended the Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai. He received a A.B. degree from Yale University, where he was president of the Yale Political Union, editor-in-chief of the Yale Political Monthly, a member of the Scroll and Key society, and a member of the Party of the Right. He later earned a Ph.D degree in political science from Harvard University in 1993, where he studied under Samuel P. Huntington and Stanley Hoffmann.

Career

After directing a research project on American foreign policy at Harvard, Zakaria became managing editor of ''Foreign Affairs'' magazine in 1992. In October 2000, he was named editor of ''Newsweek International'', and wrote a weekly foreign affairs column. In August 2010 it was announced that he was moving from ''Newsweek'' to ''Time'' magazine, to serve as a contributing editor and columnist.

He has written on a variety of subjects for the ''New York Times'', the ''Wall Street Journal'', ''The New Yorker'', and as a wine columnist for the web magazine ''Slate''.

Zakaria is the author of ''From Wealth to Power: The Unusual Origins of America's World Role'' (Princeton, 1998), ''The Future of Freedom'' (Norton, 2003), and ''The Post-American World'' (2008); he has also co-edited ''The American Encounter: The United States and the Making of the Modern World'' (Basic Books).

In 2007, ''Foreign Policy'' and ''Prospect'' magazines named him one of the 100 leading public intellectuals in the world.

Zakaria was a news analyst with ABC's ''This Week with George Stephanopoulos'' (2002–2007); he hosted the weekly TV news show, ''Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria'' on PBS (2005–2008); his weekly show, ''Fareed Zakaria GPS'' (Global Public Square) premiered on CNN in June 2008. It airs on Sundays at 10:00am and 1:00pm Eastern Daylight Time.

Political views

Zakaria self-identifies as a "centrist", though he has been described variously as a political liberal, a conservative, or a moderate. George Stephanopoulos said of him in 2003, "He’s so well versed in politics, and he can’t be pigeonholed. I can’t be sure whenever I turn to him where he’s going to be coming from or what he’s going to say." Zakaria wrote in February 2008 that "Conservatism grew powerful in the 1970s and 1980s because it proposed solutions appropriate to the problems of the age", adding that "a new world requires new thinking". He supported Barack Obama during the 2008 Democratic primary campaign and also for president. In January 2009 ''Forbes'' referred to Zakaria as one of the 25 most influential liberals in the American media. Zakaria has stated that he tries not to be devoted to any type of ideology, saying "I feel that's part of my job... which is not to pick sides but to explain what I think is happening on the ground. I can't say, 'This is my team and I'm going to root for them no matter what they do.'"

Zakaria's books include ''The Future of Freedom'' and ''The Post-American World''. The first argues that what we think of as democracy in the Western world is actually "liberal democracy," a combination of liberal constitutionalism and participatory politics. The protection of liberty and the rule of law actually preceded mass elections by centuries in Western Europe. Countries that try to simply adopt elections without laying these preceding conditions end up creating not "liberal" democracy but illiberal democracy, like Putin's Russia. His second book, published in 2008, before the financial crisis, argued that the most important trend of our times is the "rise of the rest," the economic emergence of China, India, Brazil and other countries that are rapidly gaining ground. Zakaria argued that their new-found economic power was altering the structure of global economics, politics, and culture. The phrase "post-American world," has now passed into popular discourse.

After the 9/11 attacks, in a Newsweek cover essay, "Why They Hate Us," Zakaria argued that Islamic extremism was not fundamentally rooted in Islam, nor could it be claimed a reaction to American foreign policy. It had its roots in the stagnation and dysfunctions of the Arab world. Decades of failure under tyrannical regimes, all claiming to be Western-style secular modernizers, had produced an opposition that was anti-Western, religious, violent, and increasingly globalized. Since the mosque was a place where people could gather and Islam an institution that was outside the reach of censorship, they both provided a context for the growth of the political opposition. Zakaria argued for an inter-generational effort to create more open and dynamic societies in Arab countries, and thereby helping Islam enter the modern world.

Zakaria initially supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He said at the time, “The place is so dysfunctional... any stirring of the pot is good. America’s involvement in the region is for the good." He argued for a United Nations-sanctioned operation with a much larger force—approximately 400,000 troops—than was actually employed by the administration of President George W. Bush. After the invasion, he frequently criticized the way the Bush administration was running the occupation of Iraq. He continued to argue that a functioning democracy in Iraq would be a powerful new model for Arab politics but believes that at this point, an honest accounting would have to say that the costs of the invasion and occupation have been much higher than the benefits. He opposed the Iraq surge in March 2007, writing that it would work militarily but not politically, still leaving Iraq divided among its three communities. Instead he advocated that Washington push hard for a political settlement between the Sunni Arabs, Shia Arabs, and Kurds, and begin a reduction in forces to only 60,000 troops. In January 2009, he stated flatly that the surge "succeeded," militarily and did better politically than he would have predicted.

From 2006, Zakaria has also criticized what he views as "fear-based" American policies employed not only in combating terrorism, but also in enforcing immigration and drug smuggling laws, and has argued in favor of decriminalization of drugs and citizenship for presently illegal immigrants to the United States of all backgrounds.

Zakaria and President Obama

Before the 2008 US Presidential election, Zakaria endorsed Barack Obama on his CNN program. In May 2011 it was revealed in The New York Times that President Obama "has sounded out" Zakaria concerning Middle East issues in meetings with him.

Wolfowitz meeting

In his 2006 book ''State of Denial'', ''Washington Post'' journalist Bob Woodward described a November 29, 2001, meeting of Middle East analysts, including Zakaria, that was convened at the request of the then Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz. According to a ''New York Times'' story on Woodward's book, the Wolfowitz meeting ultimately produced a report for President George W. Bush that supported the subsequent invasion of Iraq. Zakaria, however, later told ''The New York Times'' that he had briefly attended what he thought was "a brainstorming session". He was not told that a report would be prepared for the President, and the report did not have his name on it.

Personal

Zakaria is a naturalized American citizen. He currently resides in New York City with his wife, Paula Throckmorton Zakaria, son Omar, and daughters Lila and Sofia.

Awards

Zakaria was conferred ''India Abroad'' Person of the Year 2008 award on March 20, 2009, in New York. Filmmaker Mira Nair, who won the award for year 2007, honored her successor. He has received honorary degrees at the University of Miami, Oberlin College, Bates College, Brown University, and Johns Hopkins University.

In January 2010, Zakaria was given the "Padma Bhushan" award by the Indian government for his contribution to the field of journalism.

In 2005, Zakaria was awarded the Hubert H. Humphrey First Amendment Freedoms Prize from the Anti-Defamation League ("ADL"). In July 2010 the ADL expressed its opposition to the Park51 Islamic cultural center and mosque, planned for a site that is two blocks from the World Trade Center site. Zakaria returned the award in protest, saying that he could not "in good conscience keep it anymore". In support of his decision, he stated that the larger issue in the controversy is freedom of religion in America, even while acknowledging that he is not a religious person. He also wrote that a "moderate, mainstream version of Islam" is essential to winning the war on terror. On the August 8, 2010, edition of ''Fareed Zakaria GPS'', Zakaria addressed the issue, stating that in returning his award, he had hoped that the ADL would reconsider their stance.

Bibliography

''The Post-American World, Release 2.0, Fareed Zakaria, (W.W. Norton & Company; 2011) ISBN 0-393-08180-0

''The Post-American World, Fareed Zakaria, (W.W. Norton & Company; 2008) ISBN 0-393-06235-X

''The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad'', Fareed Zakaria, (W.W. Norton & Company; 2003) ISBN 0-393-04764-4

''From Wealth to Power'', Fareed Zakaria, (Princeton University Press; 1998) ISBN 0-691-04496-1

''The American Encounter: The United States and the Making of the Modern World Essays from 75 Years of Foreign Affairs'', edited by James F. Hoge and Fareed Zakaria, (Basic Books; 1997) ISBN 0-465-00170-X

References

External links

FareedZakaria.com Official site

Global Public Square at ''CNN''

Column archive at ''The Daily Star''

Column archive (through 2010) at ''Newsweek''

;Interviews and articles

Andrew Mangino. "Trustee Zakaria '86 found his niche at Yale". ''Yale Daily News''

Fareed Zakaria interview - KCTS9-TV PBS Seattle

"The Interpreter". ''Village Voice'' profile. August 9, 2005.

Q&A; with Fareed Zakaria on five-year anniversary of 9/11 attacks. South Asian Journalists Association blog. September 10, 2006.

Washington Post, PostGlobal Moderator

"Sweet Justice". Zakaria says that German wines get a bad rap. ''Slate (magazine)''.

Marion Maneker. "Man of the World". ''New York'' magazine profile.

Coverage of his many appearances on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart". Sajaforum.org

Review roundup of "The Post-American World" at SAJA Forum

One-on-One with Thomas L. Friedman. Omnivoracious. September 7, 2008

Audio: Fareed Zakaria in conversation on the BBC World Service discussion show ''The Forum''

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Ethar El-Katatney is an award-winning journalist, a blogger, and an author. She has worked as a staff writer at ''Egypt Today'', the leading current affairs magazine in the Middle East, and at its sister magazine ''Business Today Egypt''. She was also a contributor at Muslimah Media Watch, a website that critiques how Muslim women are represented in the media and popular culture.

Her investigative piece ''Dangerous Blood'' on Hepatitis C in Egypt won second place in a program held by the International Center for Journalists in 2008, while her story ''The Business of Islam'' won the Economics and Business award in the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist of the Year 2009 award, making her the first Egyptian to win one of the prestigious awards. In addition, her story ''Identity Crisis 101'' was the winner of the Anna Lindh Mediterranean Journalist Award in 2009.

El-Katatney travels all over the world for conferences promoting dialogue between different religions and cultures, most notably the Habib Ali Al Jifri Litaarafuu dialogue in Abu Dhabi that aimed to bridge the cultural gap created by the Jyllands-Posten cartoons,. She has attended Islamic summer intensive programs in England, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. While in Yemen, she wrote Forty days and Forty nights in Yemen, which was published by a London based publishing house in March 2010.

In 2006, El-Katatney travelled to England with Amr Khaled, the popular Egyptian televangelist, for a three week youth training program. She later joined him in an Islamic talk show called ''Human Insights'' that aired Ramadan 2006, and was a participant in his reality tv show''Mujaddidun,'' which aired in 2010. She was eliminated in the semi-final episode, and was ranked third.

Born in Saudi Arabia, raised in Egypt, and educated in Western schools, El-Katatney has an undergraduate business degree from the American University in Cairo where she was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper. As an undergraduate, she was selected as one of 6 students to blog on the AUC Website., and during her commencement she gave the graduation speech and was nominated for the Parent's Association cup. El-Katatney graduated in June 2011 with two graduate degrees from the same university, an MBA and an MA in television and digital journalism.

Her articles can be accessed here.

References

External links

El-Katatney, Ethar. "Ethar El-Katatney's Published Stories: Online Archive"

In the Press. "http://etharelkatatney.wordpress.com/in-the-press/ In the Press]"

“Speech by Ethar El-Katatney (Downloadable),” ''Habib Ali.net'', 20 April 2006.

El-Katatney, Ethar. “My Life @ AUC,” ''American University in Cairo, '' 2006-2007.

Muslimah Media Watch.

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