Nadim Shehadi, new director for the Fares Center

Here’s some news from the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, a Fletcher research center.  The center has a new director, Nadim Shehadi, and here’s what we learned about him in the announcement of his appointment:

For the past 30 years, Nadim Shehadi has been involved in directing and organizing research activities, both academic and policy oriented, principally at St. Antony’s College Oxford where he was director of the Center for Lebanese Studies and as an Associate in the Middle East Program at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

He has extensive experience working in the Middle East and North Africa including Lebanon, Syria, the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, and Libya.  He has advised EU governments, European Institutions, and international donors in drafting foreign policy and assistance strategies for the Middle East and North Africa.  He has been a visiting fellow at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC and also at the Fares Center in the spring of 2012.

Shehadi is frequently in the media, has written for publications such as The New York Times and The Guardian, and has a number of publications and edited books.  He speaks French and Arabic and holds a bachelor’s degree in political economy from the University of Kent and a master’s degree in development economics from the University of Leicester.

This is especially good news, in that it follows an extended search.  Sounds like the wait yielded a new director who will bring much policy and academic experience to the Fares Center.

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