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Stephen Glain
Affiliation during program: The Wall Street Journal
Title: Dreaming of Damascus: Arab Voices from a Region in Turmoil (John Murray, 2003)

Stephen Glain
Program: Fall 2001
 

Stephen J. Glain recently completed a three-year stint begun in July 1998 as Middle East bureau chief based in Amman, Jordan, for The Wall Street Journal, covering politics, security, economics and social affairs in Israel and the Arab world. He is currently working on a book about the Arab world and international trade.

From 1996 to 1998 he worked as a correspondent for The Journal and The Asian Wall Street Journal in Tokyo, covering Japanese economics, industry, business, finance and trade and writing feature stories and profiles of personalities and companies. From 1993 to 1995 he worked for The Journal in Seoul, covering Korean economics, industry, trade, finance, politics, social affairs and North Korea-South Korea security issues.

Previously, Glain worked in Hong Kong as a correspondent for The Asian Wall Street Journal from 1991 to 1992 covering economics, finance and politics. Before joining The Journal, he was the Hong Kong correspondent for The International Herald Tribune from 1990 to 1991, covering regional economics, politics, trade, finance and social issues. Before that, he was a senior correspondent in Hong Kong for Knight-Ridder Financial News from 1987 to 1990.

Glain began his career as a reporter at The Hemet News in southern California. He has a bachelor's degree in Government from Pomona College in Claremont, California.

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