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 sami moubayed historian
sami moubayed

sami moubayed -lrb- -rrb- is a syrian historian specialized in pre - baath syria .
in 2012 -- 2013 , he was a visiting scholar at the carnegie middle east center in beirut , lebanon .
in 2006-2012 moubayed served as editor-in-chief of `` forward magazine , '' syria 's premier english monthly .
his articles on middle east affairs have appeared in a variety of newspapers , including `` al-ahram weekly '' , `` al-hayat '' , `` gulf news '' , `` the daily star '' , `` washington report on middle east affairs '' , and `` asia times '' .
he is a blogger with `` the huffington post '' and an online panelist with `` the washington post '' .
he is a founding research fellow at the syrian studies center at st andrews university in scotland and vice-president of haykal media in damascus .
