Fouad Ajami

Fouad Ajami, the Majid Khadduri Professor and Director of Middle East Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University (since 1980), is a member of the board of directors at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Since 1989, Ajami has been a "contributing editor of U.S. News & World Report for which he has written on American foreign policy, Middle Eastern politics and contemporary history, and he is a consultant on Middle Eastern affairs for CBS News. Mr. Ajami is the author of numerous books including: The Arab Predicament, The Vanished Imam, Beirut: The City of Regrets, and The Dream Palace of the Arabs: A Generation's Odyssey. He was awarded the five-year MacArthur Prize Fellowship in 1982 for his work on Middle Eastern politics and culture. He is a member of the board of advisers of Foreign Affairs. He is based in New York, NY."

Related Organizations

 * Benador Associates -- featured speaker/talking head.
 * Advisory Board, United Against Nuclear Iran

External articles

 * As'ad AbuKhalil, "Academics for Bush (and his wars): Fouad Ajami Analyzes the Arab Natives for You",, September 28, 2005.
 * "Shuster Rips Neoconservative Ajami For Comparing Scooter Libby To Fallen U.S. Soldiers," Think Progress, July 6, 2007. re trial of Scooter Libby