Tv Host political analyst Maria Maalouf is a Broadcaster and owner of theCapitol talk show from Washington DC. Maria Maalouf is a stalwart opponent of the Iranian regime and its Lebanese Shi’a surrogate Hezbollah, Maalouf quoted that the damage visited on Lebanon by Israel did not compare to Iran’s record in that regard. Maalouf was the last journalist to have met President Yasser Arafat before his death. She was the first Lebanese journalist to have met with President Obama after his election. Maria Maalouf was the first Lebanese woman editor in chief owner for Al Rouwad Newspaper. She is the Co-chair of prolific solutions L.L.C ,the founder of the Capitol Institute. Maria Maalouf is a columnist for skynewsarabia, arabnews and the Emirati news outlet Al alain. Maria Maalouf was recognized in the100 most influential 2023 by The Algemeiner Journal. Maalouf has interviewed a number of Arab and international personalities, such as the president of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegović, United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, national security advisor John Bolton, secretary of defense Leon Panetta American thinker Francis Fukuyama, and National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. Moreover, she recently hosted His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al Faisal. Maalouf holds an MA in Political Sociology. You can find her on Twitter @bilarakib