Mezri Haddad | |
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 Mezri Haddad in 2014 | |
| Born | 2 July 1961 Le Kram, Tunisia |
| Nationality | Tunisian |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, diplomat |
| Known for | Tunisian ambassador to UNESCO (2009–11) |
Mezri Haddad (born 2 July 1961 in Le Kram) is a Tunisian journalist, writer, philosopher and diplomat. Haddad was a doctor of moral and political philosophy at the Paris-Sorbonne University, and the first Muslim candidate to be qualified by the National Council of French universities as a lecturer in Catholic theology.[1] He is the author of several essays that focus on politics and religion (Islam and Christianity).
He regularly contributes to the press in France (Le Figaro, Libération and Le Monde), Belgium (Le Soir) and Switzerland (Tribune de Genève) and has made several appearances on France 24, LCI, Public Sénat, France Ô and France 2. He was also, from 2007 to 2009, co-director of the Daedalos Institute of Geopolitics, a think tank based in Nicosia created at the initiative of the Cypriot Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[citation needed] In late 2009 he was appointed ambassador to UNESCO, a post he resigned in January 2011 before the fall of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
- ^ Mezri Haddad ... Réalités 2009, p. 14.