Conscience of Lebanon A Political Biography of Etienne Sakr (Abu-Arz)

Mordechai Nisan earned his doctorate in Political Science at McGill University in Montreal, where he was born, and has been teaching Middle East Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, especially in the Rothberg International School, since 1976. He has written extensively on Arab-Israeli, Islamic, and Middle Eastern subjects, publishing in both English and Hebrew. Dr Nisan has specialized in ethnic minorities and small peoples in the Middle East, and for im Lebanon is a neighbor and not a perennial enemy of Israel. In addition to addressing academic, army and immigrant forums in Israel, he has also lectured abroad to American and Canadian audiences. Nisan serves on the editorial board of the Hebrew-language Nativ journal and is research consultant for the Jerusalem Institute for Western Defence, both in Israel. He is also on the expanded editorial board of the Middle East Intelligence Bulletin in New YorkNisan, Mordechai is the author of 'Conscience of Lebanon A Political Biography of Etienne Sakr (Abu-Arz)', published 2003 under ISBN 9780714653921 and ISBN 0714653926.