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Hisham Sharabi ( Arabic : هشام الشرابي ) (1927 Jaffa , Mandatory Palestine – 2005 Beirut , Lebanon ) was a Palestinian historian and writer. He was Professor Emeritus of History and Umar al-Mukhtar Chair of Arab Culture at Georgetown University , where he was a specialist in European intellectual history and social thought. He died of cancer at the American University of Beirut hospital on January 13, 2005. Georgetown Department of History .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Hisham Sharabi (1927 Jaffa , Palestine – 2005 Beirut , Lebanon [1]) was Professor Emeritus of History and Umar al-Mukhtar Chair of Arab Culture at Georgetown University , where he was a specialist in European intellectual history and social thought[2]. He died of cancer at the American University of Beirut hospital on January 13th, 2005.[4]
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Hisham Sharabi (1927 Jaffa , Palestine –2005 Beirut , Lebanon ) was Professor Emeritus of History and Umar al-Mukhtar Chair of Arab Culture at Georgetown University , where he was a specialist in European intellectual history and social thought. He died of cancer at the American University of Beirut hospital on January 13, 2005. Biography of Hisham Sharabi .
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Hisham Sharabi ( ) (1927 Jaffa , Palestine – 2005 Beirut , Lebanon ) was Professor Emeritus of History and Umar al-Mukhtar Chair of Arab Culture at Georgetown University , where he was a specialist in European intellectual history and social thought. He died of cancer at the American University of Beirut hospital on January 13, 2005. Biography of Hisham Sharabi .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Hisham Sharabi ( ) (1927 Jaffa , Mandatory Palestine – 2005 Beirut , Lebanon ) was Professor Emeritus of History and Umar al-Mukhtar Chair of Arab Culture at Georgetown University , where he was a specialist in European intellectual history and social thought. He died of cancer at the American University of Beirut hospital on January 13, 2005. Biography of Hisham Sharabi .
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professor emeritus of history and umar al-mukhtar chair of arab culture at georgetown university
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palestinian historian and writer
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