Edmund Ghareeb (Born in Aita al-Foukhar; Arabic: إدموند غريب) is a Lebanese-American scholar at the American University in Washington[1] and a professor at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.[2] He earned a BA from the American International College and an MA and a PhD from Georgetown University.[3]
Ghareeb has presented work on the potential revolutionary and transformational roles to be played by New Media in the Arab world; in a paper delivered at the Aseelah Forum in Morocco, and in two articles on the subject published by the Middle East Journal[4] and Bahithat[5] in 2000. His most recent work is a co-authored report entitled "Iraqi Refugees: Their History, cultures and Background Experiences".[6] His most recent book is The Historical Dictionary of Iraq. In 2005, Library Journal described the book as one of the best reference works published in the United States in 2004. A new edition of the Iraq Dictionary is close to completion. He has also authored Split Vision: Portrayal of Arabs in the American Media and is co-author of War in the Gulf, recently issued in paperback by Oxford University Press. Dr. Ghareeb has lectured widely in the US, the Arab World and Europe. He has recently lectured in Brazil, Hong Kong, and Portugal. He has recently written articles about the Kurds, the Druze and Libya for The Encyclopedia of World Politics and Religion, and was recently interviewed for several documentaries including: Al-Jazeera’s documentary on Kurdish leader Mulla Mustafa Barzani, Lucasfilm's upcoming documentary on Gertrude Bell,[citation needed] for a documentary on the history of the Arab American immigration to the US for the Voice of America,[citation needed] and was interviewed for a documentary on Arab Americans in the US for Alhurra TV[citation needed] and has appeared on C-SPAN multiple times.[7]
