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Holders of The Chair

Current Chair
	Bilal Orfali 2019-present Degree holder: PhD, Yale University Title: Professor of Arabic and Near Eastern Language Website: https://www.bilalorfali.com
Previous Chairs
	Tarif Khalidi 2002-16 Degree holder: PhD, University of Chicago Title: Professor of the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (CAMES)
Previous Visiting Professors
	Ridwan El-Sayyed 2017-19 Degree holder: PhD in Philosophy from Tubingen University in Germany Title: Visiting Professor
	Aziz Al-Azmeh 2001-02 Degree holder: PhD, University of Oxford Title: Visiting Professor of History and Archaeology
	George Saliba 2001-02 Degree holder: PhD, University of California, Berkley Title: Visiting Professor of History and Archaeology
	Syed Husain Jafri 1974-76 Degree holder: Ph.D., London University Title: Senior Lecturer, The Sheikh Zayid Bin Sultan Chair of Islamic Studies
	Zafrullah Khan

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