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Dr. Saliba Sarsar, born and raised in Jerusalem, is Professor of Political Science and Associate Vice President for Global Initiatives at Monmouth University.
Sarsar received his elementary and secondary education at Collège de Frères and St. Joseph’s College in the Old City. Following the completion of a B.A. in political science and history interdisciplinary, with summa cum laude, from Monmouth in 1978, he earned a doctoral degree from Rutgers University in political science, with specialization in Middle East affairs.
Sarsar is the author of several articles and commentaries on the Middle East; editor of Palestine and the Quest for Peace (American Task Force on Palestine, 2009); and co-editor (with Hussein Ibish) of Principles and Pragmatism: Key Documents from the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP, 2006) and (with Drew Christiansen) of Patriarch Michel Sabbah—Faithful Witness: On Reconciliation and Peace in the Holy Land (New City Press, 2009). Sarsar is also the author of two books of poetry, titled Crosswinds (Mellen Poetry Press, 1999) and Seven Gates of Jerusalem, a bilingual English/Arabic edition (Kul-Shee, 2010).
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