Akram Fouad Khater (Arabic: أكرم فؤاد خاطر; born December 3, 1960) is a Lebanese-born American professor, historian, and author. He serves as a professor of history, and the director of the

Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies The Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies is a public history and research center in the North Carolina State University, North Carolina State University's North_Carolina_State_University_College_of_Humanities_and_Social_Scienc ...

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(NCSU). He specializes in the history of Lebanon, Lebanese Studies and diaspora, the Middle Eastern history, and Arab relations.

Biography

Akram Fouad Khater was born on December 3, 1960 in Lebanon. He immigrated to the United States in 1978, during the

Lebanese Civil War The Lebanese Civil War ( ar, الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية, translit=Al-Ḥarb al-Ahliyyah al-Libnāniyyah) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 120,000 fatalities a ...

. Khater received a B.S. degree from California State Polytechnic University, a M.A. degree in 1987 from the

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, and a Ph.D. from the

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in 1993. He is currently developing an undergraduate and masters program on teaching high school world history. He received the NCSU Outstanding Teacher Award for 1998–1999, and the NCSU Outstanding Junior Faculty Award for 1999–2000. Khater produced the

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documentary, ''Cedars in the Pines'' (2012) about the Lebanese community in North Carolina.

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External links

* http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/akhater/personal/ * Video
Cedars In The Pines
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