Tripoli · Lebanon
Dr. Khaldoun El Charif
Pharmacist, writer and politician from Tripoli, Lebanon.
Born in Tripoli in 1962, Khaldoun El Charif graduated in pharmacy from the University of Baghdad in 1985 and still runs his own pharmacy.
He served as political adviser to Prime Ministers Omar Karami and Najib Mikati, ran for parliament in Tripoli on Karami's list, was CEO of the Lebanon 24 news company, and chaired the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee from June 2012 to April 2014.
He writes a weekly Monday column in the Lebanese daily Al-Modon on Lebanon, the Middle East and his home city, and appears regularly on Lebanese and Arab television.
His columns are in Arabic: read the archive. For media requests, write here.
