Akram Fouad Khater | |
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أكرم فؤاد خاطر | |
| Born | December 3, 1960[1] Lebanon |
| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Cruz, University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, historian, author |
| Known for | Lebanese Diaspora Studies, Lebanese Studies |
Akram Fouad Khater (Arabic: أكرم فؤاد خاطر; born December 3, 1960)[2][1] is a Lebanese-born American professor, historian, and author.[3] He serves as a professor of history, and the director of the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at North Carolina State University (NCSU).[4][5][6] He specializes in the history of Lebanon,[7] Lebanese Studies and diaspora, the Middle Eastern history,[8] and Arab relations.
North Carolina State University's Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies. The center's director is Lebanese professor of history Dr. Akram Khater, who arrived in the US in 1978 shortly after the outbreak of the civil war.