Dr Mahjoob Zweiri
Mahjoob Zweiri is the head of Humanities Department at Qatar University, He is assistant professor in Contemporary History of the Middle East. he was an expert in Middle East Politics and Iran at the Center for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan. He is also a visiting professor to School of Government & International Affairs at Durham University. He holds a PhD in the Modern History of Iran from Tehran University (2002). From March 2003-December 2006, he was a research fellow and then a director of the Centre for Iranian Studies in the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Durham University. His areas of research is Middle East Politics and Security, Domestic Politics of Iran, Iran’s Foreign Policy, Iran-Arab Relations, Shi’asim, Political Islam, and new media and politics in the Middle East.In addition to Arabic, Dr Zweiri is fluent in Farsi and English.