Farid Elias Khazen

Farid Elias Khazen (also Farid Elias el-Khazen) is a Lebanese politician and professor of political science at the American University of Beirut.

Education

Farid received a PhD in international studies from Johns Hopkins University. He also earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Missouri State University. In addition, he briefly studied at Cornell University.[1]

Work

Farid has been a professor and Chairman of Political Studies at the American University of Beirut.[2][3][4] He is also a current MP affiliated with the Free Patriotic Movement.[5] He received 52.4% of the vote in his district in the general election of 2009,[6] and he won 60% of the vote in the general election of 2005.[7] He makes regular media appearances, discussing a variety of topics.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

He has written multiple books and essays, including:

  • The Breakdown of the State in Lebanon, 1967-1976 ( ISBN 0-674-08105-6)[15][16]
  • Political Parties in Postwar Lebanon: Parties in Search of Partisans (Middle East Journal, Vol. 57, No. 4, Autumn 2003, p. 605-624)[17]
  • Lebanon – Independent No More (The Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2001, p. 43-50)
  • Lebanon's First Postwar Parliamentary Election, 1992: An Imposed Choice (Oxford: Centre for Lebanese Studies, February 1998, ISBN 1870552741)[18]
  • Permanent Settlement of Palestinians in Lebanon: A Recipe for Conflict (Journal of Refugee Studies, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1997)
  • The Communal Pact of National Identities: The Making and Politics of the 1943 National Pact (Oxford: Centre for Lebanese Studies, October 1991, ISBN 1870552202)[19]
  • Winds of Change in Arab World Buffet Christian Communities (translated by Al-Monitor, 7 March 2012)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/pspa/people/Pages/El-Khazen.aspx
  2. ↑ http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/fas_home/departments-programs/Pages/listing_of_faculty_members_department.aspx
  3. ↑ http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/casar/About/Pages/Committee.aspx
  4. ↑ http://www.aub.edu.lb/communications/media/internationalnews/Pages/intmarch05.aspx
  5. ↑ Challenges and new possibilities for March 14 in opposition. The Daily Star, Lebanon. Published: 2 March 2011.
  6. ↑ http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/l/lebanon/lebanon20093.txt
  7. ↑ Districts in depth: Kesrouan. NOW News. Published: 31 March 2009.
  8. ↑ Beirut Al Yawm - Farid Elias El Khazen - 29 Nov 2014
  9. ↑ Beirut Al Yawm - Farid Elias El Khazen - 24 Aug 2014
  10. ↑ MP Farid Elias Khazen to LBCI: Any International intervention in Iraq to lead to major sectarian war. LBCGroup.TV. Published: 14 June 2014.
  11. ↑ Beirut Al Yawm - Farid Elias El Khazen - 22 May 2014
  12. ↑ Beirut Al Yawm - Dr. Farid Elias El Khazen - 02 Nov 2012
  13. ↑ Baed Al Akhbar - Farid Elias El Khazen - 12 June 2011
  14. ↑ Baed Al Akhbar - Dr Farid Elias El Khazen - 20 Feb 2011
  15. ↑ Daniel Pipes, Review of The Breakdown of the State in Lebanon, 1967-1976. The Middle East Quarterly, Fall 2000
  16. ↑ http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674081055
  17. ↑ El Khazen, Farid (2003). "Political Parties in Postwar Lebanon: Parties in Search of Partisans". Middle East Journal. 57 (4): 605–624. JSTOR 4329942.
  18. ↑ http://ddc.aub.edu.lb/projects/pspa/elections92.html
  19. ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/title/communal-pact-of-national-identities-the-making-and-politics-of-the-1943-national-pact/oclc/28947796
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.