Elie Salem

**Elie Adib Salem** (an haife shi a shekara ta 1930) malami ne, malami kuma jami'in diflomasiyya na Lebanon. Ya rike mukamin mataimakin firaministan kasar kuma ministan harkokin wajen kasar daga shekarar  ta 1982 zuwa 1984 da kuma mai ba shugaban kasar Lebanon shawara kan harkokin kasashen waje daga 1984 zuwa 1988. Ya kasance shugaban Jami'ar Balamand daga 1993 har zuwa lokacin da ya yi ritaya a 2018.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Salem a Btourram, El Koura ( Labanon ta Arewa ) a ranar 5 ga Maris 1930.   Ya halarci Makarantar Boys Tripoli sannan ya sami BA a Jami'ar Amurka ta Beirut (AUB) a 1950 a fannin kimiyyar siyasa.  Ya samu digirin digirgir a fannin harkokin kasa da kasa daga Jami’ar Johns Hopkins, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) a shekarar 1953. 

## Sana'a da ayyuka
Salem ya yi aiki a matsayin farfesa a Johns Hopkins (SAIS) kafin ya koma Lebanon don koyarwa a sashen Kimiyyar Siyasa da Gudanar da Jama'a a AUB a 1962. Ya zama shugaban Sashen a 1970-1974, sannan kuma shugaban tsangayar fasaha da kimiyya daga 1974 zuwa 1982. Ya taka rawar gani wajen ceto AUB daga barnar yaki kuma ya kasance Mukaddashin Shugaban kasa a lokuta da dama a lokacin mafi munin lokutan yakin cikin gida na Labanon.

A cikin 1982, an nada shi a matsayin mataimakin firaminista kuma ministan harkokin waje a gwamnatin firaminista Chafic al-Wazzan.   Ya jagoranci shawarwari tare da dukkan shugabannin yankuna da na kasa da kasa da abin ya shafa bayan mamayewar da Isra'ila ta yi a shekarar 1982 domin cimma nasarar janye sojojin kasashen waje da kuma sake gina kasar Lebanon. Tsakanin 1984 zuwa 1988 Salem ya kasance mai ba da shawara kan harkokin waje ga shugaban Lebanon Amine Gemayel . Ya yi aiki kafada da kafada da shugaban kasar wajen tabbatar da tsaro da zaman lafiyar kasar Labanon, ya kuma taka muhimmiyar rawa a tattaunawar da ta kai ga cimma yarjejeniyar Taif da ta kawo karshen yake-yaken cikin gidan Lebanon na shekaru goma sha biyar.

Bayan karshen wa'adinsa na siyasa, Salem ya kafa Cibiyar Nazarin Siyasa ta Labanon (LCPS) a cikin 1989, wacce ta zama babbar cibiyar tunani a Labanon wacce ta tsunduma cikin al'amuran dimokuradiyya da manufofin jama'a.  A cikin 1993 aka nada Salem a matsayin shugaban jami'ar Balamand (UOB) na uku.  A karkashin jagorancinsa, UOB ya canza daga ƙaramar jami'ar lardi zuwa cikakkiyar jami'a na kasa da kasa. Rijistar ɗalibai ya ƙaru daga 700 zuwa 5500; ginin harabar ya karu daga 6 zuwa 40; kuma jami'ar ta fadada daga 3 zuwa 11 Faculties, ciki har da Engineering da Medicine.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Salem ya hadu da Phyllis Sell a Amurka a lokacin karatunsa a can, kuma sun yi aure a 1954. Suna da yara huɗu: Elise (Lisa), Nina, Adib, da Paul. Elise a halin yanzu mataimakiyar shugaba ce a Jami'ar Amurka ta Lebanon (LAU);  Nina farfesa ne na ilimin cututtuka da kuma darektan cytology a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Amurka ta Beirut (AUB);  Adib masanin tattalin arziki ne kuma mai ba da shawara kan harkokin kudi; kuma Paul mataimakin shugaban Cibiyar Gabas ta Tsakiya . 

Salem yana da jikoki goma sha ɗaya a Lebanon da Amurka. A halin yanzu yana zaune a Btourram, El Koura, inda yake fassara littafinsa na baya-bayan nan zuwa Larabci kan hangen nesansa na Labanon.

### Ayyuka
Salem ya buga littattafai sama da goma a cikin Ingilishi da Larabci masu alaƙa da Jami'ar Balamand, gami da *AXIOS: Rise of a University, From Vision to Action* (UOB Press, 2018). Littafansa na ilimi sun haɗa da, *Tashin hankali da Diflomasiya a Lebanon*  *, 1982-1988. *An fassara shi zuwa harshen Larabci kamar *al-Khayarat al-Saabah* . Wannan bayani ne daki-daki kuma mai mahimmanci na ƙoƙarin Lebanon na maido da ƴancin kai da ikonta (IB Tauris Press, London, 1995); da *Zamantakewa Ba tare da Juyin Juyi ba*  akan ƙwarewar Lebanon a matsayin ƙasa tsakanin 1943 da 1970, kafin yaƙin cikin gida na 1975-1990 (Jami'ar Indiana Press, Bloomington da London, 1972). Ya kuma fassara kuma ya rubuta gabatarwar Rusūm dar al-khilāfah (Sharuɗɗa da ƙa’idojin kotun Abbāsid).  Daga cikin littattafansa na sirri akwai *Bride na Amurka*  game da rayuwarsa da aurensa da kuma rikice-rikicen ban dariya tsakanin asalinsa na Lebanon da al'adun Amurka na 20th (Littattafan Quartet, London, 2008). Kwanan nan ya buga *A cikin Tattaunawa tare da Lebanon: Labari na Siyasa-Na Kai*  (Saer Al Mashrek, Beirut, 2023). 

### Kyauta

* Umarnin Sarki Faisal na Saudi Arabia (1983)
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* Dokta Darakta na Shari'a daga Kwalejin Marietta (1984) 
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* Tsarin Cedar na Lebanon (1988)
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* Grand Cordon of Order of St. Bitrus da St. Paul (2010) 

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