In memoriam.IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS that ASQ announces the death of Samih Farsoun on 9 June 2005 at the age of 68 in New Buffalo, Michigan New Buffalo is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,200 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.4 km² (2.5 mi²). 6.3 km² (2.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0. . Samih was born in Haifa, Palestine. For many years Samih was a distinguished editor of Arab Studies Quarterly Arab Studies Quarterly was founded in 1979 by Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, then at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois), where he was professor of political science, and Edward W. Said, literature professor at Columbia University. and served as President of the Arab American University Graduates (AAUG AAUG Association of Acorn User Groups ). He founded the Arab Sociological Association and was a founding fellow of the Middle East Studies Association. He was also the founding Dean of Academic Affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences at the newly established American University of Kuwait The American University of Kuwait is an independent, private, equal opportunity, and co-educational liberal arts institution of higher education. The educational, cultural, and administrative structure, methods and standards of AUK are based on the American model of higher learning. where he served until February 2005. His scholarly analyses in the politics and sociology of/he Arab world remain a lasting monument to his many contributions to the field. The Editors of Arab Studies Quarterly and the members of Association of Arab American University Graduates mourn his loss and extend heartfelt sympathy to his family and friends. |
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