Name: Jamal Ahmed Hamzah Khashoggi
 Date of Birth: 23. 3. 1958
Place of Birth: Madina Monawrah (Saudi Arabia)
Education and Qualifications
- Finished Elementary, Middle, and High school Education in Madinah Monawarah, SA
- B.A. in Business Administration, Indiana State University, USA, 1982
Experience
- Editor in Chief, Al Watan Newspaper  - April 2007-
- Consultant of HRH Prince Turky Al-Faisal
- Editor in Chief of Al Watan Newspaper 4. 4. 2003 – 27. 5. 2003
- 1999-1991. Deputy Editor in Chief  of Arab News
- 1991-1999. Editorial Supervisor, Al Hayaht Newspaper and I worked as an itinerant correspondent where I covered a lot of important events in Afghanistan,  Algeria, Kuwait, Turky, India, Pakistan, Sudan, and the Middle East
- 1990-1991. Editorial Director and Acting Editor in Chief of Al Madina Newspaper  
- 1987- 1990. Itinerant correspondent for Al Majalla magazine and Al Muslemoon Newspaper where I covered a number of events (most significantly, the 2nd Gulf War, the Afghan War, the Algeria Crisis and Sudan
- 1983-1987. Assistant Director of the information center, Okaz Newspaper plus working as an Editor at Saudi Gazette
- 1983-1984. Director of Maktabat Tehama (A publishing House) in Jeddah City
Additional Experience
I participated in a number of conferences and research workshops. Most notably:
- Council of Foreign Affairs ( Washington and New York)
- Oxford Center for Islamic Studies (Oxford)
- Middle Eastern Studies Center (New York University)
- Al Ahram Studies Center (Cairo)
- Royal Institute (London)
- The Arab Thought Foundation
Additional Duties and Contributions
- I write regularly in a number of local and foreign papers (Both in Arabic and English)
- Political commentator for the Saudi Radio and TV, MBC, BBC, America Voice, Al Jazeerah and Abu Dhabi TV
- Published my first book entitled “Critical Relations, Saudi After 9/11”; Ryad Najeeb Al Rais Publishing House; Beirut, 2002.  Most part of the book discusses King Abdullah’s peace initiative