A politically charged uproar has erupted on the campus of a leafy university over the academic collaboration between a local Arab professor and two Israeli counterparts. (more…)
Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim Helu , who was recently listed by Forbes magazine as the world’s wealthiest man, will present a lecture at AUB entitled “The New Civilization of Knowledge and Technology” on March 17 at 3 pm. (more…)
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Abdul Aziz Khoja arrived in Lebanon today to to attend Thursday’s forum on the Taif Accord that will be chaired by MP Bahia Hariri.
Khoja will be honored during a ceremony by The American University of Beirut Alumni on February 12 at the Phoenicia Hotel as their chosen man of the year for 2009.
Khoja , who was the former Saudi ambassador to Lebanon said on arrival: I am always honored to be in Lebanon … Lebanon treated me well when I was the ambassador here ..I love this beautiful country and its friendly people.
The Saudi minister is considered one of the most prominent poets in modern Saudi literature. He has several collections of poetry and published poems, in addition to some scientific writings in the fields of chemistry and reaction mechanism.
MP Assaad Hardan, leader of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) announced the death of Dr. Anis Sayegh.
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