Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:07:48 -0500---End of Forwarded Message---
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Subject: ADC Mourns the Loss of Hisham Sharabi, PhD
ADC Press Release:
ADC Mourns the Loss of Hisham Sharabi, PhD
Jan. 14, Washington, DC--The American-Arab Anti-
Discrimination Committee (ADC) mourns the loss of Hisham
Sharabi, Ph.D. Sharabi passed away on Jan. 13, at the
American University of Beirut Hospital. He was 78 years
old. He will be buried in Beirut, Lebanon, and the family
will be accepting condolences in Beirut and Amman, Jordan.
Sharabi was born in 1927 in Jaffa, Palestine. He earned a
BA in Philosophy from the American University in Beirut.
He earned an MA in Philosophy and a PhD in History from the
University of Chicago. He has authored 18 books, and
numerous articles and monographs. He will be remembered as
a dedicated and influential writer, and scholar. He was a
key figure in building viable institutions to promote
awareness and understanding of the Arab world, and in
particular Palestine. ADC offers its deepest condolences
to the Sharabi family.
Sharabi was a professor emeritus of European Intellectual
History and was the Omar al-Mukhtar Professor of Arab
Culture at Georgetown University in Washington DC. He was
the editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies for 24
years. In 1975, he co-founded the Center for Contemporary
Arab Studies at Georgetown University, the only academic
center solely devoted to the study of the Arab World in the
United States. He also helped establish the Association of
Arab-American University Graduates and in 1979, he founded
the Arab-American Cultural Foundation.
In 1977, along with like-minded colleagues and friends, he
founded The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community
Development in Washington, D.C. The Fund’s original mission
was to provide scholarships to Palestinian university
students for study in Israel, the West Bank, and abroad. In
1981, The Fund expanded its mission to provide direct
assistance for the educational, cultural, health and
community service institutions of Palestinian society.
Then in 1991, Dr. Sharabi and The Jerusalem Fund Board of
Directors established the Center for Policy Analysis on
Palestine (CPAP) to provide a much-needed Palestinian/Arab
perspective to political, academic, and media
establishments in Washington, D.C. and beyond. CPAP was
later renamed the Palestine Center.
Condolences will be received at the offices of the
Jerusalem Fund in Washington, DC beginning at 1:00 pm on
Friday, January 14 and continuing weekdays 9:00 am 5:00
pm until 5:00 pm Friday, January 28. Condolences will also
be received at the American University of Beirut Alumni
Club (Wardieh) on Saturday, January 15 from 3:00 6:00 pm,
and on Sunday, January 16 from 10:00 am 1:00 pm and 3:00
6:00 pm.
For more information please contact the Jerusalem Fund at:
http://www.thejerusalemfund.org
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