Yasir Suleiman

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Yasir Suleiman CBE is the Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Professor of Modern Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge. [1] [2] He is a Palestinian Arab living in the diaspora. [3]

Suleiman holds degrees from Amman University, the University of St Andrews, and Durham University. [4] He lectures on topics related to the Middle East.[ citation needed ] He was selected to be a trustee of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2007—2009).[ citation needed ]

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for his services to scholarship. [5] [6]

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In addition to authoring books, Yasir Suleiman was an editor of a number of monographs is Arabic studies.

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References

  1. Leslie J. McLoughlin (2002) "In a Sea of Knowledge: British Arabists in the Twentieth Century", ISBN   0-86372-288-1, p. 224.
  2. Yassir Suleiman's profile at the Supreme Educational Council. Qatar Archived 13 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Yasir Suleiman, A War of Worlds, Introduction, p. 1.
  4. Who's Who In Scotland. Irvine: Carrick Media. 2004. p. 503. ISBN   0946724547.
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  6. "Main list of the 2011 Queen's birthday honours recipients" (PDF). BBC News UK. Retrieved 11 June 2011.