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Nada Mourtada-Sabbah

Nada Mohsen Mourtada-Sabbah is the secretary general of the University Leadership Council, a group working to improve educational opportunities in the United Arab Emirates. She has also served as the vice chancellor for development and alumni affairs of the American University of Sharjah (AUS). She was one of the first faculty members to join AUS when it opened in 1997.[1]

Education and career

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Mourtada received a BA in 1991 from the American University in Beirut, where she was the recipient of the Penrose Award[2] which is awarded to the "outstanding graduate of each faculty on the basis of scholarship, character, leadership, and contribution to university life". Mourtada has a PhD in public law from the University of Paris II.[3]

In 1997, Mourtada-Sabbah joined the faculty at the American University of Sharjah (AUS) as an assistant professor; she was later promoted to professor of political science and international studies.[4] She was the chair of the international studies department,[4][when?] and then served in the alumni affairs department.[5] In 2001, Mourtada-Sabbah was the deputy editor-in-chief of the newly-launch Journal of Social Affairs, which aims to link gaps between the Arab world and the West.[6] In 2013, Mourtada-Sabbah was named to the board of trustees for the College of Saint Benedict,[7] a Catholic liberal arts universities in the United States. As of 2022, she is the Secretary-General of the University Leadership Consortium,[8] and in this position she is working to improve academic education in the United Arab Emirates[9] and has defended the advances made by universities in the UAE.[10]

Work

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Mourtada-Sabbah is known for her work on the political question,[11][12] advancing education opportunities in the United Arab Emirates,[13][14][15] and her role in advancing the position of women in the United Arab Emirates.[16][17][18] She has been quoted in the French media (Le Monde) talking about returning Arab countries to a place of innovation.[19]

In 2011, she addressed a conference hosted by American University of Sharjah (AUS) that examined how Barack Obama's policies effected the Middle East.[20][21] Her role in generating the idea for this conference was delineated in James Thurber's book Obama in Office.[22]

In 2019 Armstrong Williams hosted a show from the United Arab Emirates for the first time and Mourtada-Sabbah was one of the guests on the show.[23]

Selected publications

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Her books include

  • Globalization and the Gulf. John W. Fox, Nada Mourtada-Sabbah, Mohammed Al Mutawa. London: Routledge. 2006. ISBN 0-203-96530-2. OCLC 74753151.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • Fisher, Louis; Mourtada-Sabbah, Nada (2001). Is war power a political question?. Huntington, NY: Novinka Books. ISBN 1-56072-987-2. OCLC 47643029.
  • The political question doctrine and the Supreme Court of the United States. Nada Mourtada-Sabbah, Bruce E. Cain. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7391-5912-5. OCLC 608128080.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • Fisher, Louis; Mourtada-Sabbah, Nada (2002). "Adopting In God We Trust as the U.S. National Motto". Journal of Church and State. 44 (4): 682–83. doi:10.1093/jcs/44.4.671 – via HeinOnline.
  • Mourtada-Sabbah, Nada (2008). "Media as social matrix in the United Arab Emirates". In Alsharekh, Alanoud; Springborg, Robert; London Middle East Institute (eds.). Popular culture and political identity in the Arab Gulf states. London: Saqi. ISBN 978-0-86356-692-9. OCLC 214308228.
    • Edited book reviewed Al Jadid[27]

Awards and honors

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At the American University of Sharjah she has received awards for Excellence in Teaching and Excellence in Service.[4][when?]

References

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  1. ^ "AUSAA council members elect their third board". American University of Sharjah. June 2, 2014.
  2. ^ "Then and Now" (PDF). MainGate American University of Beirut Quarterly Magazine. 2009. p. 6. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  3. ^ Mourtada-Sabbah, Nada (1999). Le privilege de l'executif aux Etats-Unis (Thesis) (in French). Paris: LGDJ. OCLC 468055666.
  4. ^ a b c "AUS senior appointments". Gulf News. June 22, 2009. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  5. ^ Dubais, Fatma Al (2013-05-29). "Dubai meeting focuses on the vital role of philanthropy in sustainable development". Saudigazette. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  6. ^ Abdullah, Eman (November 8, 2001). "Association, varsity launch joint magazine". Gulf News. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  7. ^ "New CSB Board of Trustees members named". College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University. August 28, 2013. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  8. ^ "ULC". www.ulc.ae. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  9. ^ "Khalifa Fund signs strategic agreement to fuel entrepreneurial culture among Emirati talent". MENA Herald. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  10. ^ "Head of UAE's biggest law firm says many graduates are not ready for the workplace". The National. 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  11. ^ Brammer, Robert (2019-04-02). "The Power of Judicial Review | In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress". blogs.loc.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  12. ^ Thorpe, Amelia (2008). "Tort-Based Climate Change Litigation and the Political Question Doctrine". Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law. 24 (1): 79–105. ISSN 0892-4880. JSTOR 42842958.
  13. ^ "Khalifa Fund signs strategic agreement to fuel entrepreneurial culture among Emirati talent". MENA Herald. March 21, 2018. Retrieved 2022-01-21. We are proud to have signed this strategic agreement with the Khalifa Fund, which is the key focus of our efforts to empower young and ambitious people. The partnership signifies the mutual trust between the two parties to provide a platform on which to empower ambitious Emirati youth and transform their theoretical ideas into concrete practical initiatives that effectively contribute to enhancing the strategic vision of the UAE government."
  14. ^ "Visa Concludes its UAE Innovation Month Series with Education Seminar for UAE Youth with the University Leadership Council". Day of Dubai - Dubai's Leading Information Portal | News | Jobs | Events. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  15. ^ Baik, Eman Al (April 14, 2010). "Academia, business sector need to join hands - eb247 - The Business of Life - Management - Emirates24|7". www.emirates247.com. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  16. ^ "DBWC, UN discuss Empowering Women in Business Community". Ananke. 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  17. ^ "ULC Women's event". INSEAD. 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2022-01-21. The event started with an inaugural speech delivered by Professor Nada Mourtada-Sabbah, Secretary General of the University Leadership Consortium in the UAE, who highlighted the importance given by the UAE to support women's role which serves as a key driver of sustainable development and the need for deeper understanding of this role and its aspects in addition to the importance of research efforts with experts in this area, as is the main goal of this annual forum which should come out with practical lessons learned from these discussions in order to support women's contributions in all fields and empower them in all possible ways and at all levels knowing that their role is a key pillar of sustainable development. This comes in accordance with the vision of the UAE wise leadership and its strategy aimed at supporting women's contributions and achievements.
  18. ^ Mourtada-Sabbah, Nada; Gully, Adrian (2003-11-01). "'I am, by God, fit for high positions' On the political role of women in al-Andalus". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 30 (2): 183–209. doi:10.1080/1353019032000126527. ISSN 1353-0194. S2CID 154937981.
  19. ^ Perucca, Brigitte (2009-11-25). "Les femmes, nouvelle matière grise des pays du Golfe". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  20. ^ "Conference looks at impact of Obama's policies in Middle East". gulfnews.com. October 10, 2011. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  21. ^ "Sultan opens international conference on American government". American University of Sharjah. 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2022-01-21. American Government Conference-US Policy from Presidential Elections to Shifting Paradigms in the Middle East
  22. ^ Obama in office. James A. Thurber. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. 2011. ISBN 978-1-86351-986-4. OCLC 682894219. ..one year into the Obama administration, Dr. Nada Mourtada-Sabbah, AUS Vice Chancellor at American University of Sharjah (AUS), asked that I assist her in the organization of a convocation of academics, journalists, and practitioners in their respective fields of expertise to give an objective and balances evaluation of Obama's policies and performance since taking office. That conference led to an ongoing discussion and research, which eventually became the beginnings of this book.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  23. ^ "Armstrong Williams talks with News 3 about visiting Dubai". KSNV. 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  24. ^ Looney, Robert (2007). Fox, John; Mourtada-Sabbah, Nada; al-Mutawa, Mohammed; Tripp, Charles; El-Shibiny, Mohamed (eds.). "The Arab World's Uncomfortable Experience with Globalization: Review Article". Middle East Journal. 61 (2): 341–345. ISSN 0026-3141. JSTOR 4330392.
  25. ^ "Book traces changes in the Arab societies". Khaleej Times. December 11, 2006. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  26. ^ Clawson, Patrick (2007). "Book Review". Middle East Quarterly. 14 (4): 75–76. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  27. ^ "Creating the Nationally Imagined Community". Al Jadid. 15 (61). 2009. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
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