He is the author of "Dancing With Saddam" (Lexington Press, 2003), a book about Jordanian-Iraqi relations, and a former fellow of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, where he specialized in Arab politics.
Rio Minho doesn't offer al fresco service, but many of the other restaurants in the area do, and the variety of choices is impressive: in a one-block stretch I noted various Brazilian regional cuisines, as well as restaurants specializing in Arab, sushi and seafood dishes.
The bans stirred a debate at Al Manar regarding its editorial line and led to the adoption of some rules, said Olfa Lamloum, a researcher specializing in Arab media at the French Institute of the Near East in Beirut.
"As Hamas moves closer to Turkey, Egypt and Qatar, it will be weaker as a 'resistance' movement because those three countries do not want a resistance movement," said Talal Atrissi, a Lebanese academic specializing in Arab-Iranian relations.
Last month, Alkarama (the name means "dignity") -- a Geneva based human rights organization that specializes in the Arab world -- published "Traumatizing Skies," a special report on the impact of drones in Yemen.
"I am highly enthusiastic about this donation," Saleh Barakat, founder of the Agial Art gallery which specializes in contemporary Arab art, said by telephone from Beirut.
The parties don't represent well-defined socioeconomic classes or interests," said William Lawrence, a professor who specializes in the Arab Maghreb at George Washington University.
The transhumant pastoralists in the region belong to different Arab and FulBe groups and are highly specialized in animal production.
PeaceWorks specialized in selling items produced by groups in conflict, such as chocolates from Arabs and Israelis.
Alkandari is a PhD Candidate in Architecture with a Designated Emphasis in Global Metropolitan Studies from the University of California at Berkeley, specialized in History of Architecture and Contemporary Urbanization in Developing Countries with focus on the Middle East and the Arab Gulf specifically.
The Wafa Humanitarian Organization, which is financed by wealthy Arabs and several Middle Eastern states, is based in the Afghan city of Kandahar and has specialized in rebuilding roads and infrastructure destroyed in the protracted Afghan wars.
