Professor of Communication and Information Studies - Journalism - Arabic Track
Mohammed Bin Rashid School for Communication
Ph.D. in Philosophy: Hermeneutics of the Religious Text, University of Jordan
M.A. in Philosophy: Contemporary Arab Thought, University of Jordan
B.A. in Arabic Literature, University of Jordan
Dr. Barhouma started his career in journalism as an editor in 1985, then gradually took several positions until he was Editor-in-Chief of the Jordanian daily newspaper Al Ghad, a prominent daily Arab newspaper.
Since then, Dr. Barhouma has held several positions as editor and journalist for publications around the world. Before joining AUD in Fall 2015, Dr. Barhouma held an Associate Professor position at the University of Philadelphia. He has a wide array of experience training in his field; he has offered courses and workshops on journalism, and communication skills as well as workshops held in Morocco, Sharm el-Sheik, Dubai, and Amman at The Jordanian Institute for Media, where which he has trained Jordanian government officials on mass communication.
