Comparative Perspective of Antisemitism in Islamism and White Nationalism

“Comparative Perspective of Antisemitism in Islamism and White Nationalism”

Antisemitism in the Arab World in Comparative Perspective

Prof. Robert Rabil, Director, Graduate Studies, Florida Atlantic University
Convener: Dr. Ramy Aziz, Research Fellow, ISGAP

Date: Monday, November 30, 2020

Dr. Robert G. Rabil is a professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University. He is the author of highly commended peer-reviewed articles and books, including: Embattled Neighbors: Syria, Israel and Lebanon (2003); Syria, the United States and the War on Terror in the Middle East (2006); Religion, National Identity and Confessional Politics in Lebanon (2011); Salafism in Lebanon: From Apoliticism to Transnational Jihadism (2014); The Syrian Refugee Crisis in Lebanon: The Double Tragedy of Refugees and Impacted Host Communities (2016); and White Heart (2018). He served as the Red Cross’s Chief of Emergency in Baabda region, Beirut, during Lebanon’s civil war. He was the project manager of the Iraq Research and Documentation Project, a project funded by the U.S. State Department. He was awarded the LLS Distinguished Faculty Award and the LLS Distinguished Professor of Current Affairs. He was also awarded an honorary Ph.D. in Humanities from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.