Check Archive

March 2011 

• Tufts Daily of March 1 reported that AUB alumna Leila Fawaz was elected director of Harvard University’s Board of Overseers for 2011-12.
  Full article available at:
  http://www.tuftsdaily.com/news/tufts-professor-to-chair-harvard-board-1.2501166

• The Mark of March 2 published a profile of Amal Ghazal, assistant professor of Middle Eastern History at Dalhousie University. Ghazal has a BA from the American University of Beirut.
  Full article available at:
  http://www.themarknews.com/authors/1367-amal-ghazal

• All Headline News of March 7 reported on the demonstration held by a group of women in downtown Beirut in support of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon investigating the assassination of former premier Rafic Hariri. AUB professor of political studies Hilal Khashan said, “This demonstration symbolizes the weakness of the March 14 alliance.”
  Full article available at:
  http://www.allheadlinenews.com/briefs/articles/90038800?Lebanese%20Women%20Defy%20Hizbullah%2C%20Demand%20Justice%20in%20Beirut%20protests

• World of Rugby League of March 7 reported on the special rugby match between the Palestine Rugby League Team and the AUB Rugby League Team held under the slogan "Dignity for All” as part of the defining role of UNRWA. The match was organized by the University Sports Department.
  Full article available at:
  http://www.rleague.com/content/article.php?id=38581

• The Daily Progress of March 7 published a political editorial entitled, “Democracy, Not Islam, is the Solution,” by professor R.K. Ramazani. Ramazani held the Aga Khan Chair of Islamic Studies at the American University of Beirut in 1967-68.
  Full article available at:
  http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/cdp-news/2011/mar/06/democracy-not-islam-solution-ar-887063/

• Asbarez Armenian News of March 11 reported that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced the appointment long-time community leader George Vahe Hovaguimian to the City Planning Board. The paper said that Hovaguimian has a BE from the American University of Beirut.
  Full article available at:
  http://asbarez.com/94042/villaraigosa-appoints-george-hovaguimian-to-city-planning-commission/

• Foreign Policy of March 11 published an article by Marc Lynch entitled, “An Odd Calm in Beirut,” in which he referred to being invited to present a lecture at the American University of Beirut.
  Full article available at:
  http://lynch.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/03/10/an_odd_calm_in_beirut

• Zawya and Construction Week Online of March 16 reported that Maintenance Management Group (MMG) won a contract to manage the facilities of the American University of Beirut.
  Full article available at:
  http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-11430-mmg-wins-american-university-of-beirut-fm-contract/
  http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20110316070549

• Globe and Mail of March 16 published a political editorial by Rami Khouri, the director of the AUB Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, entitled, “Saudi Arabia’s Inner Beast Awakens.”
  Full article available at:
  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/saudi-arabias-inner-beast-awakens/article1943305/

• Inside Bay Area, Mercury Register, Contra Costa Times, and Daily Review Online of March 24 reported that Cal State East Bay President Mo Qayoumi will leave his post this summer to assume the presidency of San Jose State University. The paper said that Qayoumi has a BE from the American University of Beirut.
  Full article available at:
  http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_17682666?source=most_viewed
  http://www.orovillemr.com/news/ci_17682181
  http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_17682182?source=most_emailed&nclick_check=1
  http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_17682666

• Nosso Mundo of March 24 reported on the recent developments in Libya and quoted AUB professor of political studies Ahmad Moussalli.

• The Christian Science Monitor of March 27 published a political editorial on the recent protests taking place in Syria against the Assad regime. AUB professor of political studies Ahmad Mousalli said, “A new regime in Syria definitely will have an effect [on the region], but it depends on the nature of the new regime.”
  Full article available at:
  http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0328/What-is-at-stake-if-Syria-s-regime-falls

• Arizona Daily Star, Philadelphia Inquirer, The Spokesman Review, Acron Beacon Journal, and Lubbock Online of March 29 published a political editorial on the recent protests taking place in Syria against the Assad regime. AUB professor of political studies Hilal Khashan said, “Nobody has an interest in Syria going aflame.”
  Full article available at:
  http://azstarnet.com/news/world/article_29542d9a-e4d3-51b5-8c8a-1ad0ea784016.html
  http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/118823519.html
  http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/mar/29/syrias-leader-expected-to-offer-concessions/
  http://www.ohio.com/news/world/118824449.html
  http://lubbockonline.com/world/2011-03-29/syrian-president-wavers-crackdown-or-compromise

• Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune of March 30 reported on recent protests in Syria and quoted AUB professor of political studies Ahmad Moussalli saying that the Syrian President was suggesting in a speech he gave that the revolutionary fervor sweeping the region "doesn't need to be followed because Syria doesn't suffer from the same problems."