Sami Moubayed

Region of Interest	Middle East
Primary Country of Residence	Lebanon
Affiliation	American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Email	moubayed@mail.com
Mailing Address	American University of Beirut Middle Eastern Affairs - Syrian Politics PO Box: 11-0236/2959 American University of Beirut
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: 9613-526 016
Websites	http://www.visit-syria.com/mobayed.htm
Countries of Specialization	Syria
Research Interests	British/Syrian researcher working on Middle Eastern affairs with an emphasis on Syrian politics.
Publications	- "The Politics of Damascus 1920-1946: Urban Notables and the French Mandate" published by Tlass Publishing in Damascus, Syria in February 1999. This work is a historical research of the French Mandate and domestic Syrian politics throughout from 1920-1946. It deals with the local political movement, how it developed, where it went wrong, and how it was able to ally itself with Great Britain and the USA to achieve independence in 1946. - "Damascus Between Democracy and Dictatorship" to be published by July 2000 by the University Press of America in Maryland. Political work dealing with the era of military coup d'etats in Syria (1946-1958). It deals with how civilian rule was destroyed, through the flaws of the leaders and foreign intervention, and how authoritarian military rule was set up in Syria.It shows how the pro-Western politicians were destroyed, and how in their place rose the radical leftists who followed in the Soviet bloc.
Keywords	Middle-Eastern affairs ; Syrian politics.