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Charles Issawi

Egyptian academic (1916-2000) · Egypt · On the map · Academics · Died at 84

Charles Philip Issawi was an Egyptian-American economist and historian of the Middle East at Columbia University and Princeton University in the United States.

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship

About this person

Roger Owen, the A. J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History at Harvard, stated that Issawi, "was the father of the study of the modern economic history of the Middle East."

Country
Egypt
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1916 to 2000 · aged 84