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Dar Al-Hayat (Britain) of
September 1 and Al-Qabas (Kuwait) of
August 29 published a review of a book entitled Asrar al-Sandouq al-Aswad (Secrets of the Black Box) in which the author publishes interviews and biographies of four political and militant rebels including George Habash and Wadih Haddad who first met when they were students at AUB.
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Globe and Mail of
September 1 and the Middle East Online of
August 28 published an article by Rami G. Khouri, the Director of the Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut, on the remarkable emergence of Gulf states as centers for economic investment in the Middle East. He added that as the gap between these states and poorer ones begins to grow, the latter will look to the Gulf states for assistance. Here is where the Gulf states can prove themselves to be more than just economic powers. Khouri gave the example of Qatar which managed to mediate a settlement in the Lebanese political crisis, and maintain good ties with Iran, Israel, and the United States.
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Middle East Online (Britain) of
September 1 published an article by Rami Khouri, director of AUB's Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, entitled "Adding Hunger to the Middle East." In his article, Khouri argues that, unless Arab leaders act, the increasing world food crisis will worsen the divisions between the Arab states and societies.
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Web 4 Water of
September 1 reported on solar water disinfection, also known as SODIS, where water is disinfected placing the water bottles in the sunlight. It said that Professor Aftim Acra of the American University of Beirut first discovered the effectiveness of SODIS in the 1980s.
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The Olympian of
September 2 reported on the Olympia World Affairs Council. An affiliate of the World Affairs Councils, the organization aims at holding conferences all over the world in order to create understanding among different cultures. The Olympia World Affairs Council was established in 1984 by a number of American citizens. One of them was Bernice Youtz a Middle East expert and former faculty member at the American University in Beirut.
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Lincoln County News of
September 3 reported on a book reading by Catherine Latta, a resident of Lincoln County. Her new poetry book, â??Beirut Summer,â? recounts her experiences during her stay in Beirut where she taught at the American University of Beirut during the Lebanese civil war.
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Al Jadid of
September 4 published the review of a book, â??The Mighty Weight of Love,â? by Lebanese author and poet, Hanna Saadeh. Saadeh, who studied medicine at the American University of Beirut, uses his experiences in Oklahoma City, Beirut, and the medical field to come up with a book suffused with poetry and mystery.
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Santa Barbara News of
September 4 and Calibre Macro World and Chicago Tribune of
September 3 reported on an exhibit organized by the Lebanese militant group Hizbullah glorifying its prominent security official Imad Moghnieh who was assassinated in Syria in February. A poster at the exhibit shows a vow by Hizbullah that it will avenge his death, raising fears of the eruption of a new war with Israel. Investigations into the assassination have not revealed the perpetrators but the party has accused Israel of the crime. Timur Goksel, former spokesman for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNFIL) and now professor at the American University of Beirut, said, â??Both Hizbullah and Israel are under domestic constraints not to start another war soon.â?
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Hobart
and William Smith Colleges of
September 5 reported that Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stacey Philbrick Yadav gave a lecture at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. The talk, entitled â??The Suppression-Resistance Paradox: Regime, Media and Opposition in Yemen,â? focused on current state of affairs in the Arab state. Over the summer, she was a faculty affiliate at the Center for Arab and Middle East Studies at the American University of Beirut.
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AINA of
September 6 and Campus Watch of
September 5 reported on the increased security around mosques in New York City during the month of Ramadan out of fears that the mosques may be attacked by Islamophobes, or that Muslim extremists may launch terrorist attacks in the United States. Professor Nizar Hamzeh, a specialist on political Islam at the American University of Beirut said, â??Ramadan is a month of commitment and renewal to their [Muslims] faith and also to their cause, whether by military or nonmilitary jihad. It is a month of martyrdom and commitment to one's Islamic ideology.â?
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Al-Haqa'iq (Britain) of
September 7 published a political editorial about the existing tension among Palestinian leaders. The paper refers to two Palestinian political leaders, Dr. Salam Fayad and Maher Masri, and said that they both studied at AUB.
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Arabian Business and Calibre Macro World of
September 8 reported on a team from the American University of Beirut that developed a forest-fire sensing system, the first of its kind on the market. Funded by the Association of Forest Development and Conservation (AFDC), a local environmental NGO, the team succeeded in coming up with a cell-phone size sensor that works by measuring humidity, the temperature, and detecting smoke and sunlight intensity.
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APA News of
September 9 reported that international forensic expert, Dr. Nizam Peerwani, started a counter-autopsy of the remains of Togolese journalist and political scientist Atsutse Kokouvi Agbobli found dead on the Lome beach in August. Dr. Peerwani graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1976, completed his studies in pathology at Baylor University Medical Centre in Dallas, and is board certified in clinical, anatomic and forensic pathology.
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Legacy.com of
September 9 announced the death of Iranian-born businessman James Michael Saghi. Born in Iran in 1921, he studied at the American University of Beirut and Columbia University in New York. He returned to Iran in 1947 where he founded Novzohour Paper Company. After 28 years in Iran, he moved to the United States where he settled with his family.
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The Middle East Onine (Britain) of
September 11 published an article by Rami Khuri, director of AUB's Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, entitled "Dealing with Damascus." In his article Khuri argues that in its pursuit to regain its place in the Arab world, Syria would set a good example to follow for Iran if it achieves peace with Israel and secures development aid.
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The Middle East Online (Britain) of
September 11 published an article by Rami Khuri, director of AUB's Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, entitled "Intemperance Keeps Terrorism Alive." In his article, Khuri argues that terrorism and its root causes are still alive today.
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NPR Broadcast of
September 11 released a recording of an interview with American University of Beirut Professor Karim Makdisi over how the aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001 are still resonating in the Middle East.
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IBerkshires.com of
September 11 announced that scholar of Muslim-Christian relations, Mahmoud Ayoub will be holding a lecture entitled, â??The Fast of Ramadan: Religious Obligation, Social Celebration and Spiritual Meditationâ? at Williams College on September 20. Ayoub holds a BA from the American University of Beirut, an MA from the University of Pennsylvania, and earned his PhD from Harvard University in history of religion. He has an extensive career in Islamic studies having been a professor and director of Islamic Studies in the department of religion, Temple University, Philadelphia from 1988 until 2008.
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Therapeutics Daily of
September 11 reported on the findings of a study at the American University of Beirut Medical Centerâ??s Department of Pathology describing advances in genetics and genomics.
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United News of India of
September 17 and Nieuwsbank, IFI Live, Ibero News, NTB Pressreleases, digitalnewsdirect.com, PR Inside and Euro Investor UK of
September 16 reported on the appointment of Tobias Gehrke and Anita Nassar as Co-Heads of International Distribution and Marketing at Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. Joining Citadel from Merrill Lynch, Mrs. Nassar holds a bachelors degree in business administration from the American University of Beirut. â??Tobias Gehrke and Anita Nassar have an exceptional track record when it comes to expanding a global franchise and delivering results,â? said Gerald Beeson, Chief Operating Officer of Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C.
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Times (Britain) of
September 15 published an editorial by Rami Khuri, director of AUB's Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, entitled "What Keeps Terrorism Alive." In his article, Khuri argues that seven years after September 11 attacks terrorism still manifests in many ways.
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Middle East Times (Britain) of
September 16 published an article by Rami Khuri, director of AUB's Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, entitled "The Tragic Failure of Arab Moderates." Khuri discussed the recently published book "The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation" by former Jordanian Foreign Minister and Ambassador Marwan Muasher.
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Newsblaze of
September 19 and Yahoo! Canada of
September 18 reported that Award Capital Corps., a capital pool companyâ??s announcement announce that it has entered into a binding agreement dated with SPoT Coffee (Canada) Inc. pursuant to which it has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of SPoT Coffee. A number of officials will be in charge of assuming management responsibility for Award upon completion of the Qualifying Transaction. They include John Lorenzo, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Award Capital Corps., who graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1969 with an MA in political science.
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Pharmacy Choice of
September 19 reported on the findings of a research team from the American University of Beirut Medical Center on kidney disease related to cutaneous manifestations of chronic kidney disease.
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Pharmacy Choice of
September 19 reported on the findings of a research team from the American University of Beirut Medical Center on metabolic implications of severe burn injuries and their management.
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Pharmacy Choice of
September 19 reported on the findings of a research team from the American University of Beirut Medical Center on fatigue. The objectives of the research focused on â??examining the vocal symptoms and acoustic changes perceived in the short period immediately after laryngeal mask airway, and comparing these findings in patients using laryngeal mask airway and endotracheal tube.â?
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Red Orbit of
September 22 reported on the launch of a tree-planting project by the American University of Beirut's Nature Conservation Center for Sustainable Futures (IBSAR) in which a thousand trees will be planted in Lebanon to protect its biodiversity. The project was inspired by Zena Khalil, a Lebanese recycling artist and environmental activist, and her brother Nidal after the latterâ??s wedding. They believed that after spending so much on a wedding to cater to its over a thousand guests, they should give back to the environment by planting a thousand trees.
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Dar Al-Hayat (Britain) of
September 23 published a profile of Arab historian Abdul Aziz Al-Duri. The paper said that Al-Duri was born in Baghdad in 1919, received his PhD in history at the University of London in 1942, and taught at AUB in the 1960s.
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Middle East Forum of
September 23 published an article by Norvell De Atkine, a retired United States army colonel with a graduate degree from the American University of Beirut about the reasons why Arab armies have been ineffective in military conflicts in the Middle East. He attributed a number of educational, ideological, technical, and cultural factors as impediments to the improvement of armies in the Arab world.
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eMediaWire - PR Web of
September 24 reported that Huda Yoda Zoghbi, M.D. '79 and JW Carmichael, Jr., Ph.D. will be receiving Honorary Doctor of Science Degrees from Meharry Medical College. Dr. Zoghbi is a Professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She was forced to transfer from American University of Beirut because of the outbreak of civil war in Lebanon. She earned her MD from Meharry Medical College in 1979. Dr. Zoghbi is also one of an elite few prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators in the world. She is credited for the discovery of the gene for Rett Syndrome, a neurodegenerative disease of childhood.
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Cleveland Live of
September 24 reported that William Marling, a professor of American Literature at Case Western Reserve University, has been selected to hold the Edward Said Chair of American Studies at the American University of Beirut.
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Campus Watch of
September 25 published a letter by Noah Pollak, an assistant editor of the Middle East Quarterly, complaining about the lack of pro-Israel panelists at Yale universityâ??s Council on Middle East Studies (CMES) conference on opportunities and challenges in the Middle East. He noted that present at the conference is â??an American University of Beirut demographer â?¦ named Marwan Khawaja, who signed a viciously anti-Israel, pro-Hizbullah letter during the July 2006 war.â?
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The Financial Times of
September 26 reported on woman architect Zaha Hadid. Born in Baghdad in 1950, she earned a degree in mathematics from the American University in Beirut and studied at the Architectural Association in London in the 1970s. Her innovative ideas were at first approached with apprehension, but she soon gained fame for her revolutionary vision. She completed the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati hailed by a New York Times architectural critic as â??the most important American building to be completed since the Cold Warâ?.
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Pharmacy Choice of
September 26 reported on a study at the American University of Beirut Medical Center â??to assess the role of bevacizumab in inflammatory ocular neovascularization. Retrospective, multicenter, consecutive case series of inflammatory ocular neovascularization.â?
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Calibre Macro World of
September 28, Counter Currents of
September 26, and Palestine Chronicle of
September 25 reported on the Lebanese militant group Hizbullahâ??s objectives if it were to gain a major power in the 2009 parliamentary elections in Lebanon. According to a Hizbullah party member, a student at the American University of Beirut, â??We in Hizbullah want to demonstrate to our adversaries and doubters what we can achieve for our fellow Lebanese and our Palestinian brothers and sisters and to show them that our Party is 10% about military matters and 90% about ending corruption and improving the quality of lives of all who live in Lebanon.â?
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Boston Globe, Ya Libnan, Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, and Thespec.com of
September 29 reported on the bombing that took place in Damascus, Syria on September 28. Some observers believe that the bombing is linked to the emergence of Sunni extremists in northern Lebanon. Ahmad Moussalli, a professor at the American University of Beirut said, â??This constitutes payback against Syria because it is anti-Islamist and is against the spread of such Islamism in the north of Lebanon.â?
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Savannah Morning News, Altoona Mirror, Alpena News, Tribune Chronicle, and Parkersburg News of
September 30 and Thomson Carswell Corporate Counsel Centre of
September 29 reported on a military bus bombing in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli that killed five people on September 29. Observers speculated over who is responsible for the attack. Timur Goksel, former spokesman for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and now professor at the American University of Beirut, said that Fatah-Islam militants were behind the attack as revenge for their defeat in battle at the hands of the Lebanese army last year. Between May 20 and September 2, 2007, the army was engaged in battle with the group in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.