Hilal Khashan

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Hilal Khashan

Born	1951 Beirut, Lebanon
Education	University of Florida Florida State University
Occupation	Professor Palestinian-American scholar

Hilal Khashan (born 1951, Beirut, Lebanon) is a leading Palestinian-American scholar of the Middle East and chair of the Department of Political Studies and Public Administration at the American University of Beirut.

He is frequently quoted in the international press as a commentator on Lebanese politics. [1]

Khashan received his B.A. in political science from the University of Florida in 1977. He received his M.A. in 1978 and his Ph.D. in 1980, both in the field of government from the Florida State University and under the supervision of Monte Palmer.

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Arab Attitudes Toward Israel and Peace. Washington, D.C.: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Policy Focus Series no. 40, 2000. Translated into Hebrew by Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University, 2001.
Arabs at the Crossroads: Political Identity and Nationalism. University Press of Florida, 2000.
Partner or Pariah? Attitudes Toward Israel in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. Washington, D.C.: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Policy Study no. 41, 1996.
Inside the Lebanese Confessional Mind. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1992.
Monte Palmer, Mima Nedelcovych, Hilal Khashan, and Deborah Monroe. Survey Research in the Arab World. London: Middle East and North Africa Press, 1982.