SPME former board member, Prof. Barry Rubin, passes yesterday at age sixty-four

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Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) expresses its deepest condolences to the family of our friend and former board member, Prof. Barry Rubin, on his passing yesterday at age sixty-four of cancer. He leaves his wife Judy and two children, Gabriella and Daniel.

“Barry was a prolific scholar, and friend, who was fervently committed to the pursuit of truth about the Middle East, an area on which he had a remarkably comprehensive overview and understanding,” said Dr. Asaf Romirowsky, Executive Director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME).

Dr. Rubin was a founding SPME board member and remained supportive of the organization even after his tenure was up.

Rubin served as director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center and editor of the journal Middle East Review of International Affairs. Dr. Rubin’s books include: Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East (Yale Press, 2014 with Wolfgang G. Schwanitz) The Truth about Syria (Palgrave-MacMillan, July 2007), The Future of the Middle East (Sharpe, September 2007), and the edited works Iraq after Saddam and Global Survey of Islamism (Sharpe, September 2007). Dr. Rubin was published in such leading print media the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and Foreign Affairs. He made frequent appearances on network television as a Middle East analyst.

A former Fulbright fellow, Dr. Rubin received his Ph.D. from Georgetown University and taught at the American University, Bar-Ilan University, Georgetown University, the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Tel Aviv University, and other institutions of higher learning. He served as a Council on Foreign Relations fellow and was the recipient of numerous awards, grants, and fellowships from institutions such as the U.S. Institute of Peace and Hebrew University’s Leonard Davis Center.

Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.

SPME former board member, Prof. Barry Rubin, passes yesterday at age sixty-four

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