Prof Mohamed Rabie was named distinguished professor of International political economy by the School of Governance and Economics in 2013. He graduated from Jericho High School in the West Bank in 1957, continued his college and graduate studies in Egypt, Germany and the United States. He received a bachelor degree in agricultural economics and an MA degree in rural sociology in 1962 and 1964, respectively from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. He received an MA degree and a PhD degree in Economics in 1968 and 1970, respectively from the University of Houston, Texas.
Prof. Rabie taught at several Arab and American universities, including Kuwait University and Al Akhawayn University. Between 2003 and 2005, Dr. Rabie was a guest professor at St. Galen University in Switzerland; and between 1998 and 2001, he was an academic advisor to Erfurt University in Germany and its US representative. Prof Rabie has so far published 43 books in English and Arabic on topics which include: Arab thought; politics of US foreign aid; the Middle East; American foreign policy; conflict resolution; US-PLO relations; capitalism & democracy; global economics; sustainable sociocultural and economic development, and more.
Prof Rabie has further published 3 books of poetry and 2 novels,and more than 60 scholarly papers and over 1000 newspaper articles. He served in the mid-1970s as a board member of the Arab Fund for Technical Assistance for African Countries; and the Steering Committee of the Euro-Arab Dialogue. Currently, Prof Rabie is a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung; the president of the Arab Thought Council in Washington DC; a member of the Arab Thought Forum and the American Sociological Association, and a few other associations.
Between 1983 and 1985, Prof Rabie served as the Executive Director of the Institute of Palestinian Studies in Washington DC. In 1985 Prof Rabie predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union in a lecture at Germany’s most prestigious Institute for Economics and Politics (Stiftung wiesenschaft und politics); and in 1988 he conceived the idea of the US-PLO dialogue, drafted the original document that guided negotiations, and coordinated the secret contacts between the US and the PLO that led the US government to recognize the PLO, open a dialogue with it, and launch the peace process.
In November 2015, Prof Rabie was honored by The State of Palestine for his intellectual contributions, and awarded the highest state award. And in October, 2016, the Arab American Community in Houston, Texas honored Prof Rabie and awarded him “The Lifetime Achievement Award”.
Prof Mohamed Rabie's publications/academic papers, etc can be accessed on his personal website at: www.yazour.com
Prof. Rabie taught at several Arab and American universities, including Kuwait University and Al Akhawayn University. Between 2003 and 2005, Dr. Rabie was a guest professor at St. Galen University in Switzerland; and between 1998 and 2001, he was an academic advisor to Erfurt University in Germany and its US representative. Prof Rabie has so far published 43 books in English and Arabic on topics which include: Arab thought; politics of US foreign aid; the Middle East; American foreign policy; conflict resolution; US-PLO relations; capitalism & democracy; global economics; sustainable sociocultural and economic development, and more.
Prof Rabie has further published 3 books of poetry and 2 novels,and more than 60 scholarly papers and over 1000 newspaper articles. He served in the mid-1970s as a board member of the Arab Fund for Technical Assistance for African Countries; and the Steering Committee of the Euro-Arab Dialogue. Currently, Prof Rabie is a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung; the president of the Arab Thought Council in Washington DC; a member of the Arab Thought Forum and the American Sociological Association, and a few other associations.
Between 1983 and 1985, Prof Rabie served as the Executive Director of the Institute of Palestinian Studies in Washington DC. In 1985 Prof Rabie predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union in a lecture at Germany’s most prestigious Institute for Economics and Politics (Stiftung wiesenschaft und politics); and in 1988 he conceived the idea of the US-PLO dialogue, drafted the original document that guided negotiations, and coordinated the secret contacts between the US and the PLO that led the US government to recognize the PLO, open a dialogue with it, and launch the peace process.
In November 2015, Prof Rabie was honored by The State of Palestine for his intellectual contributions, and awarded the highest state award. And in October, 2016, the Arab American Community in Houston, Texas honored Prof Rabie and awarded him “The Lifetime Achievement Award”.
Prof Mohamed Rabie's publications/academic papers, etc can be accessed on his personal website at: www.yazour.com