Fawwaz Traboulsi is a Lebanese historian and writer who holds degrees from the American University of Beirut and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. He is currently Professor at the Lebanese American University. He is a leading intellectual in Lebanon and prominent figure on the Lebanese left. Founder of Bidayat, an intellectual review, he has also authored a number of books, including A History of Modern Lebanon (Pluto Press, 2007).

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Accord Issue 24: Lebanon

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