Ibrahim Abu-Lughod

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
BornFebruary 15, 1929
Jaffa, British Mandate for Palestine
DiedMay 23, 2001(2001-05-23) (aged 72)
Ramallah, Palestine
OccupationAcademic

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod (Arabic: إبراهيم أبو لغد, February 15, 1929 – May 23, 2001) was a Palestinian (later American) academic, characterised by Edward Said as "Palestine's foremost academic and intellectual"[1] and by Rashid Khalidi as one of the first Arab-American scholars to have a really serious effect on the way the Middle East is portrayed in political science and in America".[2] His student Deborah J. Gerner wrote that he "took on the challenge of interpreting U.S. politics and society for the Palestinian community as well as eloquently articulating Palestinian aspirations to the rest of the world."[3]

  1. ^ Said 2001
  2. ^ Khalidi quoted in Gerner 2001.
  3. ^ Gerner 2001