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Halim
Barakat
A Syrian novelist and sociologist, He holds both BA and MA degrees in sociology from the American University of Beirut, then a PhD in social psychology from the University of Michigan in the United States. He worked as a teacher at the American University of Beirut and at the University of Texas, and also as a researcher at Harvard University.