Hussein Aboubakr Mansour Will Address The Israel Appreciation Day Audience

Egyptian-American intellectual, author and analyst Hussein Aboubakr Mansour will speak at the Israel Appreciation Day 2024 virtual event. 

In his autobiography, Minority of One: The Unchaining of an Arab Mind, Mansour describes his intellectual and personal awakening, set against the backdrop of growing up in Egypt under a rigid, authoritarian, and anti-Semitic culture. Mansour, raised in a conservative Muslim family, begins to question narratives he was taught about Israel, Jews, and the West. His curiosity leads him to a path of self-education, where he learns Hebrew and becomes fascinated with Jewish history and culture, despite the pervasive anti-Israel sentiment in Egypt.

Mansour is a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs. His work focuses on Arab political thought, Arab intellectual history, and the globalization of revolutionary radicalism. 

He has made important contributions to understanding the intellectual and political dynamics within the Arab world and their intersections with global issues and the Western left. 

Previously, he served as Assistant Professor for Hebrew language and culture at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. Besides his autobiography, Mansour has authored numerous articles which have appeared in Commentary, Newsweek, the Jewish Journal, JNS.org, Times of Israel, and Mosaic. He currently writes for his substack The Abrahamic Critique and Digest.

Streamed worldwide on September 18th, Israel Appreciation Day is a non-partisan, interfaith, and grassroots celebration showcasing the unique bond between the State of Israel and the United States of America. Event chairman Robert Chernin states, "Israel Appreciation Day is a powerful demonstration of support for Israel, highlighting its shared values with America, its crucial role as the only democracy and the United States' only steadfast ally in the Middle East, and its many important contributions to the world."

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