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Akram Fouad Khater
Akram Fouad Khater is a professor of history at North Carolina State University.
Akram Fouad Khater is a professor of history at North Carolina State University.
Albert Hourani
Albert Habib Hourani (ألبرت حبيب حوراني; March 31, 1915 – January 17, 1993) was an English historian, specializing in the Middle East.
Albert Habib Hourani (ألبرت حبيب حوراني; March 31, 1915 – January 17, 1993) was an English historian, specializing in the Middle East.
Amira Bennison
Dr Amira K. Bennison, a.k.a. Kate Bennison, is a historian of the Middle East, currently senior lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies in the University of Cambridge and fellow of Magdal...
Dr Amira K. Bennison, a.k.a. Kate Bennison, is a historian of the Middle East, currently senior lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies in the University of Cambridge and fellow of Magdal...
Aram Ter-Ghevondyan
Aram Ter-Ghevondyan (Արամ Նահապետի Տեր-Ղևոնդյան; Aрaм Наaпетович Теp-Гeвoндян, also often seen written in Western sources as Ter-Ghewondyan or Ter-Łewondyan; July 24, 1928 – F...
Aram Ter-Ghevondyan (Արամ Նահապետի Տեր-Ղևոնդյան; Aрaм Наaпетович Теp-Гeвoндян, also often seen written in Western sources as Ter-Ghewondyan or Ter-Łewondyan; July 24, 1928 – F...
Avi Shlaim
Avi Shlaim FBA (born October 31, 1945) is a British/Israeli historian.
Avi Shlaim FBA (born October 31, 1945) is a British/Israeli historian.
Bat Ye'or
Bat Ye'or (בת יאור, meaning "daughter of the Nile") is a pseudonym of Gisèle Littman, née Orebi, an Egyptian-born British writer and political commentator who writes about the hi...
Bat Ye'or (בת יאור, meaning "daughter of the Nile") is a pseudonym of Gisèle Littman, née Orebi, an Egyptian-born British writer and political commentator who writes about the hi...
Bayard Dodge
Bayard Dodge (1888-1972) was an Islamic scholar and former president of the American University in Beirut.
Bayard Dodge (1888-1972) was an Islamic scholar and former president of the American University in Beirut.
Bernard Lewis
Bernard Lewis, FBA (born May 31, 1916) is a British-American historian, scholar in Oriental studies, and political commentator.
Bernard Lewis, FBA (born May 31, 1916) is a British-American historian, scholar in Oriental studies, and political commentator.
Beshara Doumani
Beshara Doumani is a Palestinian-American professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Berkeley specializing in Middle Eastern history.
Beshara Doumani is a Palestinian-American professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Berkeley specializing in Middle Eastern history.
Cigerxwîn
Cigerxwîn or Cegerxwîn (pronounced Jigar Khwin) (1903 - October 1984) was a renowned Kurdish polymath, and nationalist.
Cigerxwîn or Cegerxwîn (pronounced Jigar Khwin) (1903 - October 1984) was a renowned Kurdish polymath, and nationalist.
Douglas Morton Dunlop
Douglas Morton Dunlop (1909–1987) was a renowned British orientalist and scholar of Islamic and Eurasian history.
Douglas Morton Dunlop (1909–1987) was a renowned British orientalist and scholar of Islamic and Eurasian history.
Eleanor Robson
Eleanor Robson is a Reader in History and Philosophy of Science at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University, vice-chair of the British School of Archaeology in I...
Eleanor Robson is a Reader in History and Philosophy of Science at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University, vice-chair of the British School of Archaeology in I...
Elie Kedourie
Elie Kedourie C.B.E., FBA (25 January 1926 – 29 June 1992) was a British historian of the Middle East.
Elie Kedourie C.B.E., FBA (25 January 1926 – 29 June 1992) was a British historian of the Middle East.
Fred Halliday
Frederick Halliday, FBA (22 February 1946, Dublin, Ireland – 26 April 2010, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) was an Irish writer and academic specialising in International Relations and the Middle E...
Frederick Halliday, FBA (22 February 1946, Dublin, Ireland – 26 April 2010, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) was an Irish writer and academic specialising in International Relations and the Middle E...
George Antonius
George Habib Antonius, CBE (hon.) (جورج حبيب أنطونيوس; October 19, 1891 – May 21, 1942) was a Lebanese-Egyptian author and diplomat, settled in Palestine, one of the first historians of Arab na...
George Habib Antonius, CBE (hon.) (جورج حبيب أنطونيوس; October 19, 1891 – May 21, 1942) was a Lebanese-Egyptian author and diplomat, settled in Palestine, one of the first historians of Arab na...
Ghada Karmi
Ghada Karmi (غادة كرمي, ) (1939-) is a Palestinian doctor of medicine, author and academic.
Ghada Karmi (غادة كرمي, ) (1939-) is a Palestinian doctor of medicine, author and academic.
Hanna Batatu
Hanna (John) Batatu (حنّا بطاطو, ) (1926, Jerusalem –24 June 2000, Winsted, Connecticut) was a Palestinian American Marxist historian specialising in the history of Iraq and the modern Ara...
Hanna (John) Batatu (حنّا بطاطو, ) (1926, Jerusalem –24 June 2000, Winsted, Connecticut) was a Palestinian American Marxist historian specialising in the history of Iraq and the modern Ara...
Howard Sachar
Howard Morley Sachar (born February 10, 1928) is an American historian.
Howard Morley Sachar (born February 10, 1928) is an American historian.
Ilan Pappé
Ilan Pappé is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter in the UK, director of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies,...
Ilan Pappé is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter in the UK, director of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies,...
Issam Nassar
Issam Nassar is a historian of photography and Middle East.
Issam Nassar is a historian of photography and Middle East.
Jay R. Berkovitz
Jay R. Berkovitz is Professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies and director of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Jay R. Berkovitz is Professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies and director of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Joel Beinin
Joel Beinin is Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor of Middle East History at Stanford University.
Joel Beinin is Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor of Middle East History at Stanford University.
John Joseph (academic)
John Joseph (born January 9, 1923) is an Assyrian-American educator and historian who taught courses on the history of the Middle East and its relationship with the West at Franklin & Marshall C...
John Joseph (born January 9, 1923) is an Assyrian-American educator and historian who taught courses on the history of the Middle East and its relationship with the West at Franklin & Marshall C...
Kamal Salibi
Kamal Suleiman Salibi ( كمال سليمان الصليبي ) (2 May 1929 – 1 September 2011) was a prominent Lebanese historian, professor of history at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and the foundin...
Kamal Suleiman Salibi ( كمال سليمان الصليبي ) (2 May 1929 – 1 September 2011) was a prominent Lebanese historian, professor of history at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and the foundin...
Keith David Watenpaugh
Keith David Watenpaugh (October 8, 1966-) is an Associate Professor of Modern Islam, Human Rights and Peace at the University of California, Davis.
Keith David Watenpaugh (October 8, 1966-) is an Associate Professor of Modern Islam, Human Rights and Peace at the University of California, Davis.
Kenneth Levin
Kenneth Levin (born 1944) is a Newton, Massachusetts psychiatrist and historian and author of The Oslo Syndrome: Delusions of a People Under Siege.
Kenneth Levin (born 1944) is a Newton, Massachusetts psychiatrist and historian and author of The Oslo Syndrome: Delusions of a People Under Siege.
Leo Aryeh Mayer
Leo Aryeh Mayer (ליאון אריה מאיר, 12 January 1895 – 6 April 1959), was an Israeli scholar of Islamic art and rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Leo Aryeh Mayer (ליאון אריה מאיר, 12 January 1895 – 6 April 1959), was an Israeli scholar of Islamic art and rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Maher Charif
Maher Charif (Arabic: ماهر الشريف, transliterated Mahir ash-Sharif) is a Palestinian Marxist historian specialising in modern Arab intellectual history and the history of Arab politi...
Maher Charif (Arabic: ماهر الشريف, transliterated Mahir ash-Sharif) is a Palestinian Marxist historian specialising in modern Arab intellectual history and the history of Arab politi...
Mahmoud Yazbak
Mahmoud Yazbak is an Israeli Arab academic.
Mahmoud Yazbak is an Israeli Arab academic.
Martin Gilbert
Sir Martin John Gilbert, CBE, PC is a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College, University of Oxford.
Sir Martin John Gilbert, CBE, PC is a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College, University of Oxford.
Michael Oren
Michael B. Oren is an American-born Israeli historian, author, and the Israeli ambassador to the United States.
Michael B. Oren is an American-born Israeli historian, author, and the Israeli ambassador to the United States.
Mikhail Mishaqa
Mikhail Mishaqa (1800-1888 or 1889; ميخائيل مشاقة; also transliterated Mikha'il Mishaqah, Mīkhā 'īl Mishāqā, Miha’İl Mishaqa) born in Rashmayyā, Lebanon is "the first historian of modern O...
Mikhail Mishaqa (1800-1888 or 1889; ميخائيل مشاقة; also transliterated Mikha'il Mishaqah, Mīkhā 'īl Mishāqā, Miha’İl Mishaqa) born in Rashmayyā, Lebanon is "the first historian of modern O...
Mordechai Nisan
Mordechai Nisan is an Israeli professor and scholar of Middle East Studies at the Rothberg International School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Mordechai Nisan is an Israeli professor and scholar of Middle East Studies at the Rothberg International School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Nur-eldeen Masalha
Nur-eldeen Masalha is a Palestinian writer and academic.
Nur-eldeen Masalha is a Palestinian writer and academic.
Peter M. Holt
Peter Malcolm Holt, FBA was a historian of the Middle East and the Sudan in particular.
Peter Malcolm Holt, FBA was a historian of the Middle East and the Sudan in particular.
Philip Khuri Hitti
Philip Khuri Hitti (فيليب خوري حتي in Arabic),(1886 - 1978), born in Shimlan, Ottoman Mount Lebanon, now Lebanon), was a scholar of Islam and introduced the field of Arab culture studies t...
Philip Khuri Hitti (فيليب خوري حتي in Arabic),(1886 - 1978), born in Shimlan, Ottoman Mount Lebanon, now Lebanon), was a scholar of Islam and introduced the field of Arab culture studies t...
Philip Mattar
Philip Mattar (فيليب مطر, born 1944) is a Palestinian American historian, who is fluent in English and Arabic.
Philip Mattar (فيليب مطر, born 1944) is a Palestinian American historian, who is fluent in English and Arabic.
Philip S. Khoury
Philip S. Khoury is an historian of the Middle East, presently Associate Provost and Ford International Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Philip S. Khoury is an historian of the Middle East, presently Associate Provost and Ford International Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Pyotr Karyshkovsky
Pyotr Osipovich Karyshkovskij-Ikar - Ukrainian Soviet historian, numismatist, a scholar and lexicographer.
Pyotr Osipovich Karyshkovskij-Ikar - Ukrainian Soviet historian, numismatist, a scholar and lexicographer.
Pyotr Osipovich Karyshkovskij-Ikar
Pyotr Osipovich Karyshkovskij-Ikar (March 12, 1921, Odessa – March 6, 1988, ibid) - Ukrainian Soviet historian, numismatist, a scholar and lexicographer.
Pyotr Osipovich Karyshkovskij-Ikar (March 12, 1921, Odessa – March 6, 1988, ibid) - Ukrainian Soviet historian, numismatist, a scholar and lexicographer.
Raphael Israeli
Raphael Israeli (born September 15, 1935) is an Israeli academic, Professor of Islamic, Middle Eastern and Chinese history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a member of the steering comm...
Raphael Israeli (born September 15, 1935) is an Israeli academic, Professor of Islamic, Middle Eastern and Chinese history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a member of the steering comm...
Rashid Khalidi
Rashid Ismail Khalidi, born 1948, is a Palestinian American historian of the Middle East, the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, and director of the Middle East...
Rashid Ismail Khalidi, born 1948, is a Palestinian American historian of the Middle East, the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, and director of the Middle East...
Reuven Amitai
Reuven Amitai, also Reuven Amitai-Preiss, is a Israeli historian and writer.
Reuven Amitai, also Reuven Amitai-Preiss, is a Israeli historian and writer.
Richard Bulliet
Richard W. Bulliet is a professor of history at Columbia University who specializes in the history of Islamic society and institutions, the history of technology, and the history of the role of ...
Richard W. Bulliet is a professor of history at Columbia University who specializes in the history of Islamic society and institutions, the history of technology, and the history of the role of ...
Roger Owen
Edward Roger Owen (born 1935) is a British historian who has authored several classic works on the history of the modern Middle East.
Edward Roger Owen (born 1935) is a British historian who has authored several classic works on the history of the modern Middle East.
Rosemary Sayigh
Rosemary Sayigh (born 1935 in Birmingham, United Kingdom) is a British-born journalist and scholar of Middle Eastern history.
Rosemary Sayigh (born 1935 in Birmingham, United Kingdom) is a British-born journalist and scholar of Middle Eastern history.
Ruth Kark
Ruth Kark is an Israeli scholar and professor of geography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Ruth Kark is an Israeli scholar and professor of geography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Saleh Abd al-Jawad
Saleh Abd al-Jawad (صالح عبد الجواد, born 1952) is a Palestinian historian.
Saleh Abd al-Jawad (صالح عبد الجواد, born 1952) is a Palestinian historian.
Simon Ockley
Simon Ockley (1678 – 9 August 1720) was a British Orientalist.
Simon Ockley (1678 – 9 August 1720) was a British Orientalist.
Stanley Lane-Poole
Stanley Lane-Poole (18 December 1854 - 29 December 1931) was a British orientalist and archaeologist.
Stanley Lane-Poole (18 December 1854 - 29 December 1931) was a British orientalist and archaeologist.
Suleiman Mousa
Suleiman Mousa was a Jordanian author and historian born in Al-Rafeed, a small village north of the city of Irbid.
Suleiman Mousa was a Jordanian author and historian born in Al-Rafeed, a small village north of the city of Irbid.
Yehoshua Porath
Yehoshua Porath (יהושע פורת) is an Israeli historian and professor emeritus of Middle East history.
Yehoshua Porath (יהושע פורת) is an Israeli historian and professor emeritus of Middle East history.
Yousef Ghawanmeh
Yousef Darwish Ghawanmeh, also written Yousef Ghawanmeh, is a prominent Jordanian historian, anthropologist, professor and author.
Yousef Darwish Ghawanmeh, also written Yousef Ghawanmeh, is a prominent Jordanian historian, anthropologist, professor and author.