Center for Contemporary Arab Studies

The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) based at Georgetown University "is the only academic center in the United States focusing essentially on the Arab world--the region from Morocco to the Gulf." 


 * Director - Barbara Stowasser

Executive Committee
Accessed February 2011:


 * Osama W. Abi-Mershed - Assistant Professor
 * Fida J. Adely - Assistant Professor; Clovis and Hala Salaam Maksoud Chair in Arab Studies
 * Elliott Colla - Associate Professor
 * Rochelle A. Davis - Assistant Professor
 * Yvonne Y. Haddad - Professor
 * Michael C. Hudson - Professor; Professor of International Relations
 * Jean-Francois Seznec - Visiting Assoc Prof, Director, MA in Arab Studies
 * Samer S. Shehata - Assistant Professor; Assistant Professor of Arab Politics
 * Amira A. Sonbol - Professor of History
 * Barbara F. Stowasser - Professor of Arabic & Islamic Studies, Director
 * Judith Tucker - Professor of History; Professor of History, Director, Master of Arts in Arab Studies Program

Board of Advisors
Accessed February 2011:


 * Elias Aburdene, Hamida Abdullah Alireza, Jafar Askari, Peter Baumbusch, Lakhdar Brahimi, Ibrahim Dabdoub, Yousef H. Al-Ebraheem, Alexander Ercklentz, Abdelkarim El-Eryani, A. Huda Farouki, Anwar Mohammad Gargash, John Goelet, Abdlatif Al-Hamad, David Jackson, Suad Juffali, Rami Khouri, Samer Khoury, Nemir A. Kirdar, Ahmed Macki, Clovis Maksoud, John M. Moore, Robert Pelletreau, Bernard J. Picchi, George Salem, Betty H. Sams, Prince Turki Al-Faisal Al-Saud, Diana Sedney, Roscoe Suddarth, Ghiath Sukhtian, Jamal Al-Suwaidi,, Peter Tanous, Abdulrahman bin Saud Al-Thani, Patrick N. Theros, Bayly Philip Winder, Oliver Zandona

Board of Advisors (2007
For Bios
 * Elias Aburdene - Rock Creek Corporation
 * Hamida Abdullah Alireza - Barakat Trust
 * Prince Turki Al-Faisal Al-Saud - Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States
 * Jamal Al-Suwaidi - Emirates Center for Strategic Studies
 * Abdulrahman bin Saud Al-Thani - Private Secretary to H.H. the Amir
 * Jafar Askari - Enpro International, Inc.
 * Peter Baumbusch - Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher
 * David D. Bosch - Aramco Services Company
 * Ibrahim Dabdoub - National Bank of Kuwait
 * Abdelkarim El-Eryani - Senior Advisor
 * Alexander Ercklentz - Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
 * A. Huda Farouki - Financial Instrument & Investment Corporation
 * John Goelet - Goelet Corporation
 * David Jackson - Northridge Capital
 * Suad Juffali - Help Center
 * Jihad Khazen - Al Hayat
 * Rami Khouri - The Daily Star
 * Samer Khoury - Consolidated Contractors Company
 * Nemir A. Kirdar - Investcorp
 * Ahmed Macki - Minister of National Economy, Oman
 * Mohamed L. Mansour - Mansour Group
 * Robert Pelletreau - U.S. Foreign Service (retired)
 * George Salem - Law Offices of George R. Salem PLLC
 * Betty H. Sams - Washington National Opera Trustee
 * Diana Sedney - Chevron
 * Roscoe Suddarth - U.S. Foreign Service (retired)
 * Ghiath Sukhtian - Munir Sukhtian Group Co., Ltd., Jordan
 * Patrick N. Theros - U.S.-Qatar Business Council
 * Oliver Zandona - Exxon Mobil Corporation

Related

 * Samer S. Shehata - staff

Contact

 * Web: http://ccas.georgetown.edu/center.cfm