About the Author

As'ad AbuKhalil was born in Tyre, Lebanon. He has taught at Georgetown, George Washington University, Tufts University, Colorado College and Randolph-Macon Woman's College. He is the author of the Historical Dictionary of Lebanon and his articles on Middle East politics and society have appeared in four languages. He is currently associate professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus, and Research Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.