Abdul Aziz Said
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Abdul Aziz Said a Syria
n-born writer and senior ranking professor
of international relations
in the School of International Service
at American University
where he has taught for fifty four years. He is the first occupant of the endowed Mohammed Said Farsi Chair of Islam
ic Peace; founding director of AU
's Center for Global Peace,which undertakes a range of activities aimed at advancing the understanding of world peace; and founding director of the International Peace and Conflict Resolution department in SIS
.
Said is a frequent lecturer and participant in national and international peace conferences and dialogues and is deeply involved with a number of professional associations and Service Academies. His past and current public service includes consulting the U.S. Department of State, the Department of Defense, the United Nations and the White House
Committee on the Islamic World.
Since joining the American University faculty in 1957, Said has written or edited over a dozen books.
Books:
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
n-born writer and senior ranking professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of international relations
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
in the School of International Service
School of International Service
The School of International Service is American University's school of advanced international study in the areas of international politics, international communication, development, international economic relations, peace and conflict resolution, global environmental politics, and U.S...
at American University
American University
American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
where he has taught for fifty four years. He is the first occupant of the endowed Mohammed Said Farsi Chair of Islam
Islam
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ic Peace; founding director of AU
American University
American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
's Center for Global Peace,which undertakes a range of activities aimed at advancing the understanding of world peace; and founding director of the International Peace and Conflict Resolution department in SIS
School of International Service
The School of International Service is American University's school of advanced international study in the areas of international politics, international communication, development, international economic relations, peace and conflict resolution, global environmental politics, and U.S...
.
Said is a frequent lecturer and participant in national and international peace conferences and dialogues and is deeply involved with a number of professional associations and Service Academies. His past and current public service includes consulting the U.S. Department of State, the Department of Defense, the United Nations and the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
Committee on the Islamic World.
Since joining the American University faculty in 1957, Said has written or edited over a dozen books.
Books:
- Islam and Peacemaking in the Middle East (co-authored with Nathan Funk, 2008), Lynne Rienner Publishers.
- Contemporary Islam: Dynamic, Not Static (co-edited with Meena Sharify-Funk and Mohammed Abu-Nimer, 2006).
- Cultural Diversity and Islam (co-edited with Meena Sharify-Funk), University of Press of America, 2003.
- Concepts of International Politics in Global Perspective, Fourth Edition (with Charles O. Lerche, Jr. and Charles O. Lerche, III), Prentice Hall: 1963, 1970, 1979, and 1995.
- Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam: Precept and Practice (co-edited with Nathan C. Funk and Ayse Kadayifici), University Press of America, 2001.
- Ethnicity and U.S. Foreign Policy. Praeger Publishers. 1977, 1981
- Ethnicity in an International Context, ed. (with L.R. Simmons), Transaction Books, 1976.
- Human Rights and World Order, ed., Transaction Books/Praeger, 1978.
- Drugs, Politics, and Diplomacy, (with L.R. Simmons), Sage, 1974.
- The New Sovereigns: Multinational Corporations as World Powers,. ed. (with L.R. Simmons), Prentice-Hall, 1971.
- Revolutionism. (with Daniel Collier), Allyn and Bacon, 1968.
- The African Phenonmenon, Allyn and Bacon, 1968.
- Theory of International Relations: The Crisis of Relevance, Prentice-Hall, 1968.