Birth: 1/1/1948 Death:NULL/NULL/NULL
Born in New York City in 1948; received a BA in History from Yale University in 1970 and a PhD in Modern History from Oxford University in 1974; taught at the AUB and the Lebanese University; was Professor of Middle East History and Director of the Center for International Studies at the University of Chicago, US, from 1987-93; has also taught at Georgetown and Columbia universities; served as advisor to the Palestinian delegation to the 1991 Madrid Conference and the subsequent bilateral negotiations in Washington, until June 1993; was critical of the DoP and Oslo process; Pres. of the Middle East Association (1994); Pres. and founding member of the American Committee on Jerusalem since 1996; co-editor of several books, incl. Palestine and the Gulf (Institute for Palestine Studies, 1982) and The Origins of Arab Nationalism (Columbia University Press, 1991) and author of numerous articles and books, incl. Under Siege: PLO Decision-making during the 1982 War (Columbia University Press, 1986), Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness (Columbia University Press, 1997),and Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America’s Perilous Path in the Middle East (Beacon Press, 2004); Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies, and Director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University, US;
