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Yezid Sayigh ( Arabic : يزيد صايغ ) (born 1955) is a Palestinian academic. He is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut , Lebanon . Previously, he was a professor of Middle East Studies at the Department of War Studies at King's College London , a member of the Academic Board of the Gulf Research Center, and a member of the board of trustees of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR). From 1994 to 2003, he was the assistant director of studies at the Centre of International Studies at Cambridge University . Sayigh also headed the Middle East Research Programme of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London from 1998 to 2003. 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). From 2005 to 2006, Sayigh was a visiting professor at the faculty of Political Studies and Public Administration at the American University of Beirut . Carnegie Endowment for International Peace .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Sayigh is Professor of Middle East Studies in the Department of War Studies at King's College London , member of the Academic Board of the Gulf Research Center and member of the Board of Trustees of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR). From 1994 to 2003, he was the assistant director of studies at the Centre of International Studies at Cambridge University . Sayigh also headed the Middle East Research Programme of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London from 1998 to 2003. Sayigh was a former negotiator of the Palestine Liberation Organisation -Israel Agreement on the Gaza Strip and Jericho Area ( Cairo Agreement ) of May 4, 1994. Headed the Palestinian delegation to the Multilateral Working Group on Arms Control and Regional Security (1992-1994), recipient of the MacArthur Scholar and Research Fellow at St. From 2005 to 2006 Sayigh was a visiting Professor at the faculty of Political Studies and Public Administration at the American University of Beirut .
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Yezid Sayigh ( ) (b. 1955) is a senior associate at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, Lebanon .Previously, he was a professor of Middle East Studies at the Department of War Studies at King's College London , a member of the Academic Board of the Gulf Research Center, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR). From 1994 to 2003, he was the assistant director of studies at the Centre of International Studies at Cambridge University . Sayigh also headed the Middle East Research Programme of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London from 1998 to 2003. 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). From 2005 to 2006, Sayigh was a visiting professor at the faculty of Political Studies and Public Administration at the American University of Beirut .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Palestinian historian (born 1955) Yezid Sayigh ( ) (b. 1955) is a senior associate at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, Lebanon . Previously, he was a professor of Middle East Studies at the Department of War Studies at King's College London , a member of the Academic Board of the Gulf Research Center, and a member of the board of trustees of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR). From 1994 to 2003, he was the assistant director of studies at the Centre of International Studies at Cambridge University . Sayigh also headed the Middle East Research Programme of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London from 1998 to 2003. 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). From 2005 to 2006, Sayigh was a visiting professor at the faculty of Political Studies and Public Administration at the American University of Beirut .
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senior associate at the carnegie middle east center in beirut
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