Ali R. Rabi is an

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ian-born academic. He was born in

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and went to the

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after graduation from

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in 1966.

Education

He earned his

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and

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in Architectural Technology and

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in City and Regional Planning.

Academic career

He returned to Iran in 1974 where he taught at the

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School of Architecture while practicing regional planning at the Plan and Budget Organization. He also served as the senior advisor in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. After the

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, he served at the Vice Chancellor and Dean of Education at Farabi University. From 1982 to 1984, he served as the Chief Planner of Fisheries, Ahwaz Still Mill Plant, and Regional Planning Group.

Business activities

He moved back to

and established his own business in Northern

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. He operated this business until 2000. In 2001, he initiated the International University of Iran as the platform for bridging Iranian specialists and academics abroad with the scientific communities in Iran. Dr. Rabi has been working on the Virtual University project during the past 10 years in Iran, the

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and the United States. He is currently a visiting scholar at the

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, Center for International Development and Conflict Management. His areas of interests include: *Information Society, *Information Technology and International Development, *e-Learning *Political Economy. He is also the founder and co-chair of the Middle East Citizens Assembly. Ali Rabi has interest in poetry, painting and politics.

Positions held

*Chancellor
International University of Iran (IUI)
*Founding Chair
Middle East Citizens Assembly (MECA)
*Board Member
Iran-America Peace Forum
*Board Member,

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*Visiting Scholar, Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rabi, Ali R. Academic staff of the University of Tehran Iranian emigrants to the United States Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Academic staff of Tehran University of Art