Draft:Gabriel G. Tabarani

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Gabriel G. Tabarani.(Arabic: غبريال طبراني) (Known too as Gaby Tabarani/ Arabic كابي طبراني) is a journalist., author., and recognized expert on Middle Eastern and North African affairs.. Born in Jezzine on 7 April, 1950 and educated in Beirut, Lebanon, he graduated from St. Joseph University in Beirut with a specialization in Political and Economic Sciences. Tabarani began his journalism career in 1973 as a reporter for the pan-Arab magazine Al-Hawadess in Lebanon, later becoming its Washington, D.C. correspondent. In 1979, he joined Al-Majallah in London as Deputy Managing Editor. Over the following decade, he held prominent editorial positions at Assayad .and Al-Wasat magazines, both based in London. In 2011, he became Editor-in-Chief of Miraat el-Khaleej (Gulf Mirror), and in 2012, he assumed the role of Chairman of The Board at Asswak Al-Arab Publishing Ltd in London and became the Editor-in-Chief of its publication, Asswak Al-Arab (Arab Markets Magazine) .Tabarani has authored several notable books, including The Tears of the Horizon (1974), The Winter of Discontent in The Gulf (1991), Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Balfour Promise to Bush Declaration (2008), How Iran Plans to Fight America and Dominate the Middle East (2008), and JIHAD’S NEW HEARTLANDS – Why The West Has Failed To Contain Islamic Fundamentalism (2011). His coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Middle Eastern geopolitics has contributed significantly to the public understanding of these issues. Additionally, in 1992, he serialized the memoirs of Robert McFarlane, former U.S. National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan, in Al-Wasat magazine. The memoirs were later published in a book titled Special Trust (1994)

Throughout his career, Tabarani has conducted interviews with prominent world leaders, including U.S. President Bill Clinton, U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, King Hussein of Jordan, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi, President of Haiti Jean Claude Duvalier, the Algerian Prime Minister Sayed Ahmed Ghazali, and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat, among others.

In addition to his journalism career, Tabarani is a businessman and investor, having led various international investment ventures. He served as Chairman and President of Cleopatra International Investment Group in Ireland from 1996 to 2004, during which time he launched the Palace Hotel and Resort in Cap Gammarth, Tunisia, and developed a casino in Hammamet, Tunisia. Later, in Milan, Italy, he co-founded Royal Invest, a financial company, before establishing Viva Investment Group International in Canada. Although plans for a major entertainment complex in Sutton, Quebec, were canceled due to the 2008 financial crisis, Tabarani continues to hold investments in Brazil, Ireland, and other ventures globally.