Yasir Suleiman CBE

Order of the British Empire

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 is the Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Professor of Modern Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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. He is a Palestinian Arab living in diaspora

Diaspora

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He lectured nationally and internationally on various topics related to Middle East

Middle East

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He was selected to be a trustee of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction

International Prize for Arabic Fiction

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 (2007-2009).

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours

2011 Birthday Honours

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for services to scholarship.