Globalization and Middle East Studies
The official site of author and researcher Mohamed El Shibiny Phd
El Shibiny is a definitive authority regarding the relationship between the West and the Middle East Arab world. He combines extensive research with insightful interpretation on hot, controversial points of view on topics such as the Iraq war, impact of globalization on the Arab Islamic culture, and education in the Arab world.
His international viewpoints comes from serving as former UNESCO Chief Technical Advisor for East Africa, the Philippines, and Qatar and Regional Representative for the Middle East Gulf States as well as Dean of the Faculty of Education and Islamic Studies at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman and advisor to the Minister of Higher Education in the Sultanate of Oman. His works include:
Iraq, A Lost War -
Published by Palgrave
Macmillan
El Shibiny's last work 'Iraq:
A Lost War', serves as a reference in the field of International
Political Science. The book was inspired by readers of his previous
books and attendees to his seminars, who requested a realistic interpretation
of the varied opinions regarding the controversial War in Iraq.
- . "Iraq, A Lost War" - available at Amazon
Threat of globalization to Arab
Islamic Culture -
Published by
Dorrance Publishing
Co
"Equality among cultures, respect for their sovereignty,
reinforcement of indigenous traditions, and protection of identities are
all considered a basic ethical values for cultural interaction among nations.
Cultures are identified and defined by what they are and not by what they
should be; hence, cultures and globalization reinforce
and complement each other". Extract from "The Threat
of Globalization To Arab Islamic Culture" Mohamed
El Shibiny Phd.
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