Dr. Hichem KAROUI
Columnist for The Gulf Today (UAE) and Al-Madina (KSA)
Research area and interests : U.S. and MENA societies and relations —
Methodological approaches in the sociology of international relations: Paradigms, discursive analysis, quantitative analysis, networks’ analysis… Etc.
Cases: Elite and international relations. Orient/Occident. Reproduction and connections of the elites in the USA and the Middle East. Study of politicians, entrepreneurs and military national and international networks. Ideologies, frames of references and comparative conceptions and values. Interaction of Muslim and Arab minorities in the West with their environment and with the Middle East.
E-Mail : info@hichemkaroui.com
PUBLISHED BOOKS:
In English:
* Power Revolving Doors: The Shaping of American Perception of Middle East Studies. Middle East Studies/CreateSpace. South Carolina. 2013.
* Arab Spring: The New Middle East in the Making (Essays). Middle East Studies/CreateSpace. South Carolina. 2012.
* The Bush II Years in the Middle East (2000-2008): A Case Study in the Sociology of International Relations.Middle East Studies/CreateSpace. South Carolina. 2012.
In French
- in 2005 : L’après-Saddam en Irak , les plans, les hommes et les problèmes ( Post Saddam Iraq, Plans, Men and Problems) : L’Harmattan. Paris. France.
- In 2006 : Où va l’Arabie saoudite ? (Where Is Saudi Arabia Heading?) ; Paris , L’Harmattan .
- Les Musulmans… Un cauchemar ou une force pour l’Europe? (en collaboration avec Arno Tausch). L’Harmattan. Paris.
In Arabic:
* International Balance, From The Cold War to The Detente. Essay: La Maison arabe du livre. Tunis, 1985.
* Prolegomena For a Critique of the Arab political Reality. Maison al nawras. Tunis 1988).
* The Seven Pillars of Madness ( a novel, Maison arabe du livre. Tunis. 1984).
*Nun (a novel, Déméter. Tunis 1983).
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1998- 2011 Based in Paris.
Columnist for the Gulf Today (UAE)
France Editor for World Security Network (New York).
Researcher at the Sorbonne Centre d’études de l’Orient contemporain
Regular contributor to Social Sciences and Research Network (SSRN).
Writes a daily column « Trends » for “Al Arab” newspaper. London (Until 2007)
Contributes to varied Arabic, English-speaking, French journals and media :
Arab News (Jeddah).
Al Sharq al Awsat (London).
Middle East Intelligence Bulletin (New York).
Arab Media Internet Network (Internews-Middle East).
Media Monitors Network (California).
Palestine Chronicle (Seattle).
Middle-East News Online (N.Carolina).
Middle East Online (London).
Outre-Terre (Paris)
Al Jazeerah. Info ( Washington)…and several others.
1993-1998 Tunis.
Writes a daily column (Trends) for « Al Arab », London.
1986-1992 Tunis.
Correspondent for varied Arabic and non-Arabic papers and magazines.
1982- 1985 Tunis :
Reporter and editor for the independent weekly “Réalités”.
1979-1981 Beirut:
Editor in charge of cultural pages of « Al Mouqif al Arabi », weekly Lebanese magazine.
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Education
PhD sociology from the Sorbonne
M.A Middle-East /Mediterranean from the Sorbonne University. Paris III.
M.A English language, literature and civilization from the Sorbonne University, Paris III.
M.A. Arab language, literature and civilization from the Sorbonne University. Paris III.
Hobby : Sports and arts.
