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Name
  
Farid Khazen


Role
  
Lebanese Politician

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Books
  
The breakdown of the state in Lebanon, 1967-1976

Farid Elias Khazen (also Farid Elias el-Khazen) is a Lebanese politician and professor of political science at the American University of Beirut.

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Education

Farid received a PhD in international studies from Johns Hopkins University. He also earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Missouri State University. In addition, he briefly studied at Cornell University.

Work

Farid has been a professor and Chairman of Political Studies at the American University of Beirut. He is also a current MP affiliated with the Free Patriotic Movement. He received 52.4% of the vote in his district in the general election of 2009, and he won 60% of the vote in the general election of 2005. He makes regular media appearances, discussing a variety of topics.

He has written multiple books and essays, including:

  • The Breakdown of the State in Lebanon, 1967-1976 (ISBN 0-674-08105-6)
  • Political Parties in Postwar Lebanon: Parties in Search of Partisans (Middle East Journal, Vol. 57, No. 4, Autumn 2003, p. 605-624)
  • Lebanon – Independent No More (The Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2001, p. 43-50)
  • Lebanon's First Postwar Parliamentary Election, 1992: An Imposed Choice (Oxford: Centre for Lebanese Studies, February 1998, ISBN 1870552741)
  • Permanent Settlement of Palestinians in Lebanon: A Recipe for Conflict (Journal of Refugee Studies, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1997)
  • The Communal Pact of National Identities: The Making and Politics of the 1943 National Pact (Oxford: Centre for Lebanese Studies, October 1991, ISBN 1870552202)
  • Winds of Change in Arab World Buffet Christian Communities (translated by Al-Monitor, 7 March 2012)

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