Narrowing the Gulf
https://spme.org/wp-content/themes/osmosis/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Itamar Rabinovich Itamar Rabinovich https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0773dce204e7c661d6ff34401262df9a?s=96&d=mm&r=ghttp://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/941732.html For many years the most influential Western cultural institution in the Arab world was the American University of Beirut (AUB). Founded in 1866 as the Syrian Protestant College, during much of the 20th century it was both an important university and a hub of intellectual and political ferment. But, the collapse of Lebanon’s traditional…