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Fellow in Modern Arabic and Dean of St John's College, University of Oxford
Formerly Lecturer in Arabic at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where he was for three years Chairman of the Middle East Centre. Principal academic interests are in modern Arabic literature and modern trends in Islam.
Lecturer in Politics, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford
Specialises in the domestic politics and international relations of the modern Middle East, in particular Iraq and the Gulf states. Former Head of the Middle East Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House. Also worked as a journalist for the BBC and The Guardian in the Middle East.
Director of the Middle East Centre at St Antony's College, University of Oxford, Fellow of St Antony's College
University Lecturer in Modern History of the Middle East. Editor of Village Steppe and State: The Social Origins of Modern Jordan (London, 1994).
College Lecturer in Politics, St Catherine's College, University of Oxford
Specialist in Iranian politics and foreign policy. A graduate of the Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and St Antony's College, Oxford,
he served in the United Nations on the the Iraq desk in the Department of Political Affairs and the strategic planning staff in the Executive Office of
the Secretary-General.
Tutorial instructor, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford
Specialises in modern Lebanon. Other academic interests include Arab media and social memory. Editor of a forthcoming book, The Politics of Violence, Truth and Reconciliation in the Arab Middle East (London, 2008).