Salim Muwakkil | |
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Born | Alonzo James Cannady January 20, 1947 New York City, U.S. |
Education | Rutgers University |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, Author |
Employer | In These Times |
Title | Senior Editor |
Salim Muwakkil (born Alonzo James Cannady, January 20, 1947) is an American journalist and political commentator, based in Chicago. He is a senior editor at In These Times magazine and an op-ed columnist for the Chicago Tribune . [1]
Muwakkil writes on African-American issues, Middle East politics, and US foreign policy. He is a Crime and Communities Media Fellow of the Open Society Institute, and teaches a seminar on race, media, and politics for the Urban Studies Program of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest. [2]
Muwakkil, born in New York City, attended Rutgers University in New Jersey; he graduated with a BA in Political Science in 1973. [1] [3]
After graduating from Linden High School, Muwakkil joined the U.S. Air Force in 1964. After serving five-years as an administration specialist in Germany, he returned in 1969 and enrolled at Rutgers University, graduating in 1973. He joined the Black Panther Party directly after his discharge. [1] [4]
Shortly before his graduation, Muwakkil began his journalism career at the Associated Press in Newark, New Jersey, as a reporter.
Later, he joined the Nation of Islam. He moved to Muhammad Speaks and its successor Bilalian News as a copy editor and then managing editor. He is now a former activist in that movement. [4]
After moving to Chicago, Muwakkil joined the staff at In These Times in 1983 and became a contributing writer to the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune. [3] He hosts "The Salim Muwakkil" show on WVON, Chicago's historic Black radio station. [4]
Muwakkil serves as board member for the Progressive Media Project and the Chicago-based Public Square. In the past he has been an adjunct professor at Columbia College, Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. [3]
Muwakkil wrote the text for the book, "Harold!: Photographs from the Harold Washington Years." [5] He has also been a contributing author of other works as listed below.
Other publications in which Muwakkil's work has appeared include The Washington Post , The New York Times Book Review , The Chicago Reader , The Progressive , Newsday , Cineaste , The Baltimore Sun , Z Magazine , Toronto Star , The Philadelphia Inquirer , and Utne Reader . [3]
Muwakkil has been recognized for his journalism as listed below:
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