Yezid Sayigh

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Yezid Sayigh
يزيد صايغ
Born1955
TitleSenior fellow
Parent(s)
Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center

Yezid Sayigh (

Palestine Liberation Organisation and Israel. He headed the Palestinian delegation to the Multilateral Working Group on Arms Control and Regional Security (1992-1994), and was a MacArthur Scholar and Research Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford (1990-1994).[3] From 2005 to 2006, Sayigh was a visiting professor at the faculty of Political Studies and Public Administration at the American University of Beirut.[4]

Biography

Sayigh's father, economist Yusif Sayigh (1916–2004), was born in al-Bassa, Palestine during the end of the Ottoman Empire period. His mother is British-born anthropologist and oral historian Rosemary Sayigh.[5][6]

Sayigh obtained a BSc in chemistry from the American University of Beirut, and a PhD in War Studies from King's College London.[7] He has also conducted research at the Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University. He speaks Arabic, English and French.

Selected Works

Books:

  • Armed Struggle and the Search for a State: The Palestinian National Movement, 1949-1993. Oxford University Press. 1997. .
  • The Third World Beyond the Cold War: Continuity and Change. Oxford University Press. 1999. . (with Louise L'Estrange Fawcett)
  • The Cold War and the Middle East. Oxford University Press. 1997. )

He has written numerous articles for national newspapers, academic and policy journals:

Public lectures:

  • Different Yet Similar: Governance in the West Bank and Gaza[10]


Footnotes

  1. ^ "Yezid Sayigh". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  2. ^ "About PSR". PCPSR. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Yezid Sayigh's profile". King's College London.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Faculty Profile - Y Sayigh". AUB. Archived from the original on 9 January 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
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  6. ^ "Yusif Sayigh — economist and political activist". Jordan Times. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Yezid Sayigh". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010.
  8. ^ "A political minefield". The Guardian. 25 January 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  9. ^ "The PLO and the Palestinian Armed Struggle". Middle East Online. London National Archives. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008.
  10. ^ "Different Yet Similar: Governance in the West Bank and Gaza". Jerusalem Fund. Palestine Center, Washington DC. 19 March 2010. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010.

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