Nazih Al-Ayubi (1944 in Cairo – 1995), is an

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writer who had obtained a BSc (1964) and MSc (1968) in Political Science from Cairo University, PhD in

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from the

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in England. He taught at the

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, Los Angeles, and the

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in England. Ayoubi's areas of interest included political economy, Egyptian politics, international relations, and the international politics of Islamic countries. Al-Ayoubi played an important role in the development of the field of Middle Eastern studies in the universities in which he taught, and his classic work "Amplifying the Arab State" became an indispensable reference for political studies in the region.

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Egyptian male writers 1944 births 1995 deaths Cairo University alumni Alumni of the University of Oxford University of California, Los Angeles faculty Academics of the University of Exeter {{Egypt-academic-bio-stub