Abdul Aziz Said

Abdul Aziz Said a Syrian-born writer and senior ranking professor of international relations in the School of International Service at American University where he has taught for fifty years. He is the first occupant of the endowed "Mohammed Said Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace;" founder and director of AU's "Center for Global Peace,"which undertakes a range of activities aimed at advancing the understanding of world peace; and founder and director of the International Peace and Conflict Resolution department in SIS. Professor Said is a well-known proponent of Asian cuisine (particularly Chinese) in the very early hours of the morning or late hours of the night.

Since joining the American University faculty in 1957, Said has written or edited over a dozen books on international relations and served on a number of notable bodies such as the United States Department of State's "Future of Iraq Project" and the White House "Committee on the Islamic World."

Books:
* Said, Abdul Aziz. 1981. "Ethnicity and U.S. Foreign Policy." Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0275907163
* Making Peace with Islam (co-authored with Nathan Funk, 2007).
* Contemporary Islam: Dynamic, Not Static (co-edited with Meena Sharify-Funk and Mohammed Abu-Nimer, 2006).
* Concepts of International Politics in Global Perspective, Fourth Edition (with Charles O. Lerche, Jr. and Charles O. Lerche, III), Prentice Hall: 1963, 1970, 1979, and 1995.Fourth Edition (with Charles O. Lerche, Jr. and Charles O. Lerche, III), Prentice Hall: 1963, 1970, 1979, and 1995.
* Cultural Diversity and Islam (co-edited with Meena Sharify-Funk), University of Press of America, 2003.
* Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam: Precept and Practite (co-edited with Nathan C. Funk and Ayse Kadayifici), University Press of America, 2001.
* Ethnicity in an International Context, ed. (with L.R. Simmons), Transaction Books, 1976.
* Human Rights and World Order, ed., Transaction Books/Praeger, 1978.
* The New Sovereigns: Multinational Corporations as World Powers,. ed. (with L.R. Simmons), Prentice-Hall, 1971.
* Theory of International Relations: The Crisis of Relevance, Prentice-Hall, 1968.

ee also

* Ethnic interest groups in the United States

External links

* [http://www.american.edu/aasaid/CV-Said.pdf Said's curriculum vitae]
* [http://www.american.edu/aasaid/ Said's personal website]
* [http://www.american.edu/academic.depts/acainst/cgp/ Center for Global Peace]
* [http://www.american.edu/aasaid/WagingPeace.html Waging Peace - recent writings]