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Welcome to the official website of Professor Mahjoob Zweiri.

This platform invites academics, individuals, and institutions to connect with Professor Zweiri. This website sheds light on Professor Zweiri’s academic insight on the development of patterns and dynamics of the Middle East.

This website also provides access to his academic publications and personal writings. In addition to that, it contains a link to his valuable appearances in the media where he shares his insights and academic expertise in both Arabic and English.

ACADEMIC COMMITTEES

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Panel Chair: The Geopolitics of Natural Resources: New Energy Routes and the Future of Energy Security, Doha Forum, Doha 16 December
Organizer, International Conference: Gulf Crisis, Origin, Repercussions and Future , Gulf Studies Center , Qatar University. Doha, 9-10 December 2018
Panel Chair: Political development in the Gulf: Relations with Iran, Doha Forum, Doha 14 May 2017.
Associate Member: Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA).
Organizer, International Conference, 'Social and Cultural History in the Arab World, Turkey and Iran: Theories, Methods and Themes” , Humanities Department, Qatar University. Doha, 16-17 March 2016,
Organizer, International Symposium, “Teaching History in Universities: Visions, Approaches and Themes”, Qatar University, Doha 25-26 November 2015
Organizer, International Conference, “The Great War and its Legacy in Central Europe and the Middle East: (Re-)Drawing and Contesting Borders, Nations, Identities, and Spaces”, Humanities Department, Qatar University. Doha, 11-12 March 2015,
Liaison to the Board.Association for Interdisciplinary Studies. Miami University. U.S.A. 2013- present.
Organizer, International Conference, “Interdisciplinarity in History: An Old Method in a World New Context”, Humanities Department, Qatar University. Doha, 5-52 March 2014,
Founder with (Dr Eiman Mustafawai and Dr Steven Wright): The Gulf Studies MA Program, March 2010.
Participant: Leadership & Management Skills of Heads of Academic Departments in Higher Education, University of Leeds, 3-15 July 2011.
Chairman of the General Assembly, EuroMeSCo- the Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission Network, Lisbon. 2008-2010
International Researcher, providing expertise concerning fieldwork in the Middle East including; leading research teams, helping in questionnaires designing, and preparing evaluation reports.
Associate Editor, Journal of Asian Politics and Policies, Center for Asian Politics and Policy (CAPP), Washington, USA.
Member: Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS).
Member: International Political Science Association (IPSA), Canada.
Member: The Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, Miami University. U.S.A
Member: The Integrity Education Network. UK.
Fellow: The Middle East Studies Association (MESA).U.S.A
Fellow: The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES).UK
Associate Member: American Historical Association (AHA).U.S.A
Associate Member: American Political Sciences Association (APSA). U.S.A
Associate Member: The Community College Humanities Association(CCHA). U.S.A
Member of the Editorial Board, The Asian Review of World Histories, Institute of World and Global History, Korea
Participant, International Program on International Security Issues, Harvard University, Boston University, California University. 17 July -3 August 2007.
Member of the International Advisory Board, the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS), Athens, Greece,
Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Gulf Studies, Gulf Research Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Asian Politics and Policies. U.S.A
Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of the European Society for Iranian Studies, the Mission of Globe Research and Publishing. Italy.

Member of the Editorial Board, Digest of Middle East Studies Journal, U.S.A

Reviewer for:

European Journal of International Relations.
Journal of Social Affairs.
The Asian Review of World Histories.
International Journal of Middle East Studies
Journal of Arabian Studies.
International Political Science Review.
Journal/ Global Change, Peace and Security
Journal /Asian Politics and Policies.
The Journal for Cultural Studies
The Arts and Humanities Research Council [AHRC]
Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), until February 2010
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Routledge.
B. Tauris
Ithaca Press.
East Asia: An International Quarterly.
Ostour, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies.
Siyasat Arabia, Center for Research and Policy Studies.
Cambridge University Press.
The International Spectator.
British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies

Awarded Fund for a research project titled: Political Development, Civil Society and New Information and Communication Technologies in the Arab world: A Comparative Study of Jordan and Egypt, European Commission. 2008
Awarded Fund for a research project titled: Fragile States and the Democratization Process: A New Approach to Understanding Security in the Middle East, European Commission, 2007
Organizer, International Conference on “Media and Image Change of the Middle East post 9/11” which has been awarded a fund, Institute for Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, University of Durham, 20-21 September 2007.
Organizer, with Gulf Research Center, Workshop on ; Current Conditions & Future Prospects of GCC -Iran Relations in the wake of Iran's Presidential Elections, 28-29 September, 2005, Dubai
Organizer, International Conference “Iran’s Foreign Policy since the Revolution” which has been awarded a fund, Institute for Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, University of Durham, 21-22 March 2005.
Designed an Instructional Booklet for students who wish to learn Arabic “Arabic: Learning to read Arabic - A beginners' guide”, Language Centre, Durham University, October 2004.