Khalil Jahshan (Arabic: îÃÂÃÂàìÃÂôçÃÂ) (born in Nazareth, British Mandate of Palestine in 1948) is a Palestinian-American political analyst and media commentator. He serves currently as executive director of Arab Center Washington DC, a nonprofit think tank focusing on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Between 2004 and 2013, Jahshan was a lecturer in International Studies and Languages at Pepperdine University and executive director of its Seaver College Washington DC Internship Program. He received a bachelor's degree in political science and French from Harding University in 1972.
Jahshan was born to a Palestinian Christian family in Nazareth, British Mandate of Palestine in 1948. He completed his elementary (Ecole Jesu Adolescent-Don Bosco) and secondary education (Terra Sancta) there. In 1969, he traveled to the United States to pursue his college education at Harding University.