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Ibrahim Fraihat
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Professor
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ABOUT
Dr. Ibrahim Fraihat is an associate professor in international conflict resolution at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. He previously served as senior foreign policy fellow at the Brookings Institution, and taught conflict resolution at Georgetown University and George Washington University. His latest book publications include: Iran and Saudi Arabia: Taming a Chaotic Conflict (Edinburgh University Press, 2020), Unfinished Revolutions: Yemen, Libya, and Tunisia after the Arab Spring (Yale University Press, 2016). Dr. Fraihat has published extensively on Middle East politics, with articles appearing in The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Huffington Post, Al Jazeera websites, and elsewhere. Fraihat received a doctorate in conflict analysis and resolution from George Mason University in 2006. He is the recipient of George Mason University's Distinguished Alumni Award (2014) for his achievements in the field of conflict resolution.
Discipline
Other
Sub Areas
Conflict Resolution
Palestinian Studies
Peace Studies
Arab Studies
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Colonialism
Gulf Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Palestine
Qatar
West Bank
Specialties
Palestine Politics
Arab Politics
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Languages
Arabic (native)
Education
PhD | 2006 | Conflict Analysis and Resolution | George Mason University
MA | 1998 | International Studies | Birzeit University
Abstracts
Conflict Mediation in the Arab World: Perspectives from the Field