Background
Ibrahim was born in the United States to Coptic immigrants from Egypt.
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Ibrahim also took graduate courses at Georgetown University"s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and is studying toward a Doctor of Philosophy in medieval Islamic history at Catholic University.
Career
His focus is Arabic history and language, and current events. He is fluent in Arabic and English. Ibrahim was previously an Arab language specialist for the Near East section of the Library of Congress, and the associate director of the Middle East Forum.
He is currently a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center.
The 9/11 attacks played a pivotal role in framing Ibrahim"s outlook. As he explained in the Chronicle of Higher Education, the attacks occurred while he was researching for his Master of Arts thesis, which centred on the role of jihad in early Islamic conquests.
Consequently, Ibrahim"s study expanded from history and theology to politics, current events, al-Qaeda, Islamist organizations, and watching First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera. He asserts an evident continuity between the words, deeds, and goals of the 7th century mujahidin ("jihadists") whom he studied and that of 21st century Islamic radicals.
Ibrahim is a regular contributor to FrontPage Magazine.
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