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Akram Fouad Khater

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Akram Fouad Khater
أكرم فؤاد خاطر
Born (1960-12-03) December 3, 1960 (age 63)[1]
Lebanon
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Cruz, University of California, Berkeley
Occupation(s)Professor, historian, author
Known forLebanese Diaspora Studies, Lebanese Studies

Akram Fouad Khater (Arabic: أكرم فؤاد خاطر; born December 3, 1960)[2][1] is a Lebanese-born American professor, historian, and author.[3] He serves as a professor of history, and the director of the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at North Carolina State University (NCSU).[4][5][6] He specializes in the history of Lebanon,[7] Lebanese Studies and diaspora, the Middle Eastern history,[8] and Arab relations.

Biography

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Akram Fouad Khater was born on December 3, 1960, in Lebanon.[1] He immigrated to the United States in 1978, during the Lebanese Civil War.[4] Khater received a B.S. degree from California State Polytechnic University, an M.A. degree in 1987 from the University of California, Santa Cruz,[9] and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1993.[10]

He is currently developing an undergraduate and master's program on teaching high school world history.[11] He received the NCSU Outstanding Teacher Award for 1998–1999, and the NCSU Outstanding Junior Faculty Award for 1999–2000.[citation needed]

Khater produced the PBS documentary, Cedars in the Pines (2012) about the Lebanese community in North Carolina.[10]

Bibliography

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Books

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  • Khater, Akram Fouad (1993). She Married Silk: A Rewriting of Peasant History in 19th Century Mount Lebanon (dissertation). University of California, Berkeley.
  • Khater, Akram Fouad (2001). Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender, and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870-1920. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520227408.[12][13][14]
  • Khater, Akram Fouad (2004). Sources in the History of the Modern Middle East. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 9780395980675.
  • Khater, Akram Found (2011). Embracing the Divine: Passion and Politics in Christian Middle East. Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815650577.[15][16]

Articles, chapters

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Khater, Akram Fouad, 1960–". The Library of Congress, LC Name Authority File (LCNAF). Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  2. ^ "Khater, Akram Fouad 1960-". WorldCat Identities.
  3. ^ "Peace panel". The News and Observer. 2003-02-06. pp. B15. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  4. ^ a b Talass, Rawaa (2021-01-21). "Virtual exhibit 'Turath' explores artistic impact of Arabs in the US". Arab News. Retrieved 2022-05-16. North Carolina State University's Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies. The center's director is Lebanese professor of history Dr. Akram Khater, who arrived in the US in 1978 shortly after the outbreak of the civil war.
  5. ^ Shipman, Matt. "Interactive tool offers window into history of Arab-Americans in NYC". phys.org. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  6. ^ "Syria's War Hits Home for Immigrants". National Geographic. 2013-09-13. Archived from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  7. ^ Ustundag, Ezgi (October 2, 2012). "A Question of Middle East Politics: 'Phoenician, Lebanese, or Arab?'". Duke Today. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  8. ^ "New Texts Out Now: Akram Khater, Embracing the Divine: Gender, Passion, and Politics in the Christian Middle East". Jadaliyya - جدلية. July 11, 2012. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  9. ^ "Peace will come when the whiskey is gone". Santa Cruz Sentinel. 1986-05-20. p. 3. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  10. ^ a b "Romey Lynchings Screening with Akram Khater". UChicago Arts, The University of Chicago. November 18, 2020. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  11. ^ "Houghton Mifflin College – OnLine Catalog – Author BIO Page". Archived from the original on 2007-02-16. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  12. ^ Pollard, Lisa (2002-01-01). "Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender, and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870–1920". History: Reviews of New Books. 30 (4): 173. doi:10.1080/03612759.2002.10526243. ISSN 0361-2759. S2CID 151463752.
  13. ^ Chatty, Dawn (2003). "Review of Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870–1920". Journal of Islamic Studies. 14 (1): 79–81. doi:10.1093/jis/14.1.79. ISSN 0955-2340. JSTOR 26199848. PMC 4212858. PMID 25373226.
  14. ^ Sbaiti, Nadya (May 2003). "Akram Fouad Khater. Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender, and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870-1920. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. xiv+257 pp. Map, bibliography, index. $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-520-22739-5; $22.50 (paper), ISBN 0-520-22740-9". H-Net Reviews. Archived from the original on July 27, 2007.
  15. ^ Grafton, David D. (2013-09-01). "Embracing the Divine: Passion and Politics in the Christian Middle East. By Akram Fouad Khater. (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2011. Pp. xi, 238. $39.95.)". The Historian. 75 (3): 548–549. doi:10.1111/hisn.12016_4. ISSN 0018-2370. S2CID 144291118.
  16. ^ Robson, Laura (2012). "Review of Embracing the Divine: Passion and Politics in the Christian Middle East". Review of Middle East Studies. 46 (1): 123–125. doi:10.1017/S2151348100003219. ISSN 2151-3481. JSTOR 41762504. S2CID 157260347.
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