Saad Eddin Ibrahim, PhD Biography |
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Founder and Director of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies |
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Con to the question "Should the US Have Attacked Iraq?" |
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"Iraq—we are all very concerned. We have been trying to find a third way to spare us the agony of war but also to get rid of Hussein. We want to put an end to the warmonger in Washington. We are not happy that they are leading the war. We want to work with the peace movement in the States."
Interview, Digital Freedom Network, Feb. 5, 2003
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Experts
Individuals with PhD's, JD's, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. |
| Involvement and Affiliations: |
Founder and Director, Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies
Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC
Professor of Political Sociology, American University, Cairo
Secretary-General, Independent Commission for Electoral Review, 1990-1995
Sociology Professor, DePauw University, 1967-1974
President, Union Social Professions, Cairo
Trustee, Arab Thought Forum, Amman, Jordan
Member, Club of Rome, Paris
Founder and Core Member, Initiative for Peace and Cooperation in the Middle East
Member, World Bank Advisory Council for Environmentally Sustainable Development, Washington, DC
Member, Board of Minority Rights Group International, London
Recipient, The Jordanian Order of Independence, 1990
Recipient, The Bahrain Merit Award of Educational Research, 1988
Recipient, The Kuwait Award in Social and Economic Sciences, 1985 |
| Education: |
PhD, University of Washington. 1968
BA, with honors, Cairo University, 1960 |
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