Ishmael M. Dahiyat

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Ismael M. Dahiyat , also Ismail (* before 1974) is a Jordanian Arabist and journalist .

In 1974 Dahiyat presented a seminal edition of Avicenna's Commentary on the Poetics of Aristotle as a doctoral dissertation at the State University of New York . Since then he has been working for Voice of America , initially as Head of the South Asia and Near East Division, and most recently as Director.

Fonts (selection)

  • Avicenna's commentary on the Poetics of Aristotle. A critical study with an annotated translation of the text. EJ Brill, Leiden 1974, (excerpts online) .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alan L. Heil Jr .: The Voice of America. A history. Columbia University Press, 2013, p. 315, (online)
  2. Dahiyat as director of Voice of America (last accessed June 5, 2014)