Halim Barakat [SEP] occupation
Halim Barakat
Halim Barakat () is an Arab novelist and sociologist. He was born December 4, 1936 into a Greek-Orthodox Arab family in Kafroun, Syria, and raised in Beirut.
Career.
Barakat received his bachelor's degree in sociology in 1955, and his master's degree in 1960 in the same field. He received both from the American University of Beirut. He received his PhD in social psychology in 1966 from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
From 1966 until 1972 he taught
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- Awdat Altair Ila albahr (1969), a novel in Arabic translated into English by Trevor LeGassick with an introduction by Edward Said.
- A collection of short stories.
Additional books, articles, reviews, and recordings.
- "The Arab World: Society, Culture and State"
- Worldcat Search for "Barakat, Halim"
- halimbarakat.com
- Google Scholar Search for Halim Barakat
- Google Books Search for Halim Barakat