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Rami Khouri
director, Public Policy and International Affairs, American University, Beirut
Rami George Khouri is the Director of the Issam Fares Institute of Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut as well as editor at large of the Beirut based Daily Star newspaper. He is an internationally syndicated political columnist and author. Khouri was a visiting scholar at Stanford University in October 2006, and in November 2006, he was the co-recipient of the Pax Christi International Peace Award for his efforts to bring peace and reconciliation to the Middle East.