Euro-Med - Global Experts

Ainhoa Marin-Egoscozabal

Professor of International, European and Spanish Economics, Nebrija University

July 14th, 2010, Academia, Business and Globalization, Development, English, Europe, Europe, Madrid, Spain, Spanish, Subsaharan Africa, Think tank/Research center, United Nations

Ainhoa Marin-Egoscozabal is Professor of International, European and Spanish Economics at Nebrija University, and member of the African Studies Group at the Universidad AutÃ³noma de Madrid. She has worked for the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and the UN Development Programme. She is an expert on European integration, international trade, Sub-Saharan and EU trade, and development issues.

Slimane Zeghidour

Senior Editor, TV5 Monde

May 6th, 2010, Academia, Arabic, English, Europe, Europe, France, French, Hebrew, Israel, Italian, Journalist/Commentator, Media, North Africa and Middle East, Palestine, Paris, Politics and Governance, Portuguese, Religion, Spanish

Slimane Zeghidour is a Chief Editor at TV5, the world’s leading French-speaking television network. He is the director of the TV series ‘Euromed’, examining the cultural links between the North and South rim countries of the Mediterranean. He has also consulted for programming on Algeria and the Middle East for networks including TF1, RF3 and TV Canada.

Karen Armstrong

Writer

February 12th, 2010, Academia, Author/Novelist, English, Euro-Med, Europe, London, Religion, UK

Karen Armstrong spent seven years in the Society of the Holy Child of Jesus during the 1960s and later wrote a tell-all book, Through the Narrow Gate (St. Martin’s Press, 1982) that bemoaned the restrictive life within the convent.

Francois Burgat

Senior Research Fellow, the National Centre for Scientific Research

February 12th, 2010, Arabic, Author/Novelist, Balkans, English, Euro-Med, Europe, Europe, France, French, North Africa and Middle East, Provence, Religion, Think tank/Research center

Professor Francois Burgat is Senior Research Fellow (Directeur de recherches) at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France, and is posted at IREMAM (Institut de Recherches et d’Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman) in Aix-en-Provence.

Usama Hasan

Senior Lecturer, Middlesex University

February 12th, 2010, Academia, Arabic, English, Euro-Med, Europe, Europe, Middlesex, North Africa and Middle East, Religion, Religious Leader, Terrorism, UK, War and Conflict

Dr. Usama Hasan is the Imam of Al-Tawhid Mosque, London, UK. He is also a Senior Lecturer in Computing Science at Middlesex University, a Planetarium Lecturer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, and a researcher for the Islamic Sharia Council, London.

Meir Javedanfar

Director, Middle East Economic and Political Analysis Company

February 12th, 2010, Asia, Author/Novelist, Business and Globalization, English, Euro-Med, Israel, Spanish, Tel Aviv, Think tank/Research center, War and Conflict

Meir Javedanfar is Director of the Middle East Economic and Political Analysis Company, which carries out analysis of 16 Middle Eastern countries from its offices in Tel Aviv, Israel. He speaks Farsi, English, Spanish and Portuguese fluently, and has commented in all of these languages for a wide range of international media organizations including CNN, FOX News, BBC, Sky News, ABC, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, NPR, The New York Times and others.