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He is also regular columnist for Al Arabiya News. According to The Economist, Schleifer has achieved global “distinction as a Muslim intellectual” actively involved in Inter-Faith initiatives. He was one of the original 138 Muslim scholars (including the Muftis of Egypt, Bosnia, Syria and Indonesia) who signed an Open Letter known as “A Common Word” to Christian leaders and he was a member of the Common Word delegations that met with Pope Benedict at the Vatican and with Protestant leaders gathering at Yale University.

A professor emeritus of journalism at the American University in Cairo Scheifer has served as NBC News Cairo bureau chief, Al Arabiya Washington DC bureau chief, Middle East correspondent of Jeune Afrique and special corresponde