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Sam Cherribi Curriculum Vitae 2015

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Office: (404) 727.7909 Fax: (404) 727.2772 [email protected] [email protected] Dutch citizen & U.S. permanent resident

EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Senior Lecturer and Fellow, Emory University - September 2005-present

Senior Lecturer in MESAS (since 2015) in sociology (2005-2015), core faculty in African Studies and Development Studies, adjunct faculty in the Department of Middle East and South Asian Studies; Fellow of the Lillian Carter Center for International Nursing

Director, Emory Development Initiative - September 2005-present Founding Director of Emory Development Initiative, which offers internships and courses for students interested in development, sponsors fieldtrips and student projects in low income countries

Assistant to the Provost, Office of the Provost, Visiting Senior Lecturer, Interim Director of the Center for the Study of Public Scholarship, Emory University - August 2003-September 2006

Emory’s liaison to The Carter Center for development opportunities within the international arena, including various initiatives having to do with religion and conflict, economic development in low income countries, and within the University for support of a variety of international programs, especially in the Gulf and Middle East, Europe and parts of Africa and South Asia. Directed programs in CSPS when directors were on sabbatical

Member of Dutch Parliament - 1994-2002

Portfolio included Foreign Affairs, Technology, Interior Affairs, Education, Welfare and Health. As a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Liberal Party (VVD), I also served as a delegate and as a, Member of the Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE) The CoE meets several times a year in Strasbourg. It is a large organization involving dozens of countries from around the world and plays a major role in political bargaining with nations particularly on human rights issues. The Assembly scrutinizes the decisions of the Council of Ministers. I served on its Committee on Culture, Science and Education, and Committee on Agriculture & Environment, as well as the North-South Institute, which aims to bring aid from Europe to Africa and Asia. I have also served as rapporteur for a number of CoE policy documents

Member of the Assembly of the West European Union (WEU) The WEU met regularly in Paris to conduct parliamentary scrutiny for decisions made by European countries and associate member countries such as Turkey and Ukraine in the area of defence and security. I served on the Political Committee, which makes strategic decisions, as well as the Committee on Aerospace, Administration & Budget

Official Observer, United Nations, New York I worked with the Dutch UN delegation in New York. Observed UN committee meetings, sessions, and met with various delegations (December 1998, November 2001)

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Awards and Service to Emory Community *Ring Teaching Award, Emory College (2008) Marshal (Graduation of 2014) Campus Life Committee (Emory Senate since 2012) Co-Director, Emory College Summer course, University College, London (2010) Faculty advisor for the students Organization Enough (since 2010) Emory Composite Letter Committee (since 2010) Religion, Conflict and Peace building seminar at Emory Ethics Center (since 2009) Faculty advisor for the students Organization EEDI (since 2009) Curriculum Committee (2008; 2012-2014) College Development Program Committee (since 2007) Institute for Developing Nations, Faculty Committee (2005-2009) Global Health Strategic Planning Committee (2005-2007) IT Committee (2005-2007) Continued ongoing mentoring for SCEEN (since 2004) College European Studies Steering Committee (2003-2004)

Professional Service Associate Member of the Education Council of the Netherlands, The Hague (since 2011 -) Editorial Board of the British Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies (since 2013) American Journal of Sociology, Reviewer (2013) DOD and National Science Foundation, Reviewer (2009) World Values Survey (since 2007) Dutch National Science Foundation (NWO), Reviewer (2006)

Service in Georgia DeKalb Economic Development Strategic Plan Steering Committee (since 2014) Atlanta International Soccer Fest AISF 2014 is a joint campaign between SOS children, the Consulate General of Brazil in Atlanta, the Atlanta Silverbacks, the Atlanta Sports Council, Georgia Soccer. Liaison and Co-organizer of the Global Financial Dignity Summit in Atlanta with John Hope Bryant (2012. 2013, 2014) Helping mayor of Atlanta Kasim Reed to promote Atlanta and The United States in Europe and Africa to host the World Cup 2018 (with the Dutch Soccer star Edgar Davids 2010) Facilitated the creation of Martin Luther King Center Europe in the City of The Hague (2010) Initiated and helped create the Martin Luther King Award, Europe (since 2008) Lead Emory students to the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation‘s African-African American Summit (Nigeria 2006, Tanzania 2008, Atlanta 2010, Morocco 2010 and 2011; Central Africa 2012) Doing Business in French Speaking Africa Annual Conference (with City of Atlanta, GA Tech, GA State, AF and Goethe since 2005)


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Fundraising Activities

John Hope Bryant & Operation Hope (in progress) Leon H. Sullivan Foundation (signed gift agreement) George Vojta, Westchester group (signed gift agreement) Acumen Fund

Grants and Surveys

Smart Prosecution Program -The solicitor’s Office Atlanta. (2015) Cyberspace, Marginalization, and recruitment. Institute for Justice(2015) European Commission –ISF (2015) Peace Corps Health Care, Survey Project, Morocco (2009) World Values Survey for Morocco, in Collaboration with Prof. Juan Diez Nicolás. 2007 Submitted grant proposals for The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Outreach and Integration of Marginalized Populations in Denmark and the United Kingdom (2nd round)

Media Appearances

Al Jazeera’s “From Washington”, live from the Hague (on the Refugee crisis in Europe) July 9,2015 Long Interview in Trouw, Amsterdam, January 2014 DeKalb TV, GA (Redefining the New South), October 24,2013 Global Atlanta, Life in DeKalb County, October, 2013 International television and radio interviews including: CNN International and domestic (New York)

British (BBC World with Nick Gowing, BBC2 Newsnight with Jeremy Paxman), Dutch (NOS, RTL, AT5), French (FR1, FR2, FR3. TV5), German (Arte), Arabic (Al Jazeera), Moroccan (RTM and 2M- March 2011), Egyptian (Nile TV), Iranian (Al Alam) Chinese (CTV) and Japanese (NHK) media outlets

Newspapers and magazines articles: NRC Handelsblad and Vienna Newspaper (Review of In the

House of War 2010 and 2011) Interviewed on European politics and other topics in Le Nouvel Observateur, Liberation, Dutch press.

See www.cherribi.nl for the list of Dutch newspaper articles I published in the past several years organized by topic. The most recent include in De Groene, a leading intellectual Dutch magazine, an essay in memory of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu in Feb. 2002, and my interviews with Jane Fonda in Oct. 2005 and Jimmy Carter in June 2006

I was the subject of articles in international newspapers including: Wall Street Journal Europe, AJC,

Al Hayat, Le Figaro, Le Nouvel Observateur, Liberation, Al Alam, Al Ittihad, Ishtiraki, NRC, Trouw, Volkskrant

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Selected Key Public Speaking Events (non-academic)

May 16,17 & 18, 2014. “Kongo Across the Waters” with EU representatives (Belgian Ambassador

and others) the Carter Center (President Carter delivered the opening speech) and GA Tech

May 16, 2014 Panel Coca-Cola Africa Day (with Alex Cumming) A panel discussion with Ms. Dorcas Onyango, Marketing Manager Coca-Cola Africa Foundation,

Johannesburg (Emory University- March 24, 2014) A panel discussion with Dr Lazarus Chakwera, Presidential candidate for Malawi (February 2014)

A Panel Discussion with Latron Price, CEO of American Sales & Distribution Services Inc, (ASDS) is a

distribution company located in Atlanta and endorsed by the Department of Agriculture's Georgia Grown Initiative and Fulton County Government.

Moderator and session leader: HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit -Georgia International

Convention Center-2000 Convention Center Concourse, Salon IV & V, Atlanta, Georgia 30337 (November 14, 2013)

Panel with Amr Benaja (Sedco): Why Financial literacy is important in the Arab world? Emory

Goizueta Business School(November 12, 2013) Emerging Africa Expanding DeKalb International Economics Forum with Stan Watson, DeKalb

District 7 Commissioner and Ambassador Geoffrey Teneilabe, Nigerian Ambassador at the Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Drive Decatur, GA 30030. (Thursday, October 24,2013)

Moderator and session leader: Moderator HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit -Georgia

International Convention Center-2000 Convention Center Concourse, Salon IV & V, Atlanta, Georgia 30337 (November 14, 2012)

Organized the Emory Panel on “ Leadership and Underserved Communities with Ambassador

Young, TJ Holmes, (BET) Provost Earl Lewis, Dean Robin Forman, John Hope Bryant”. April, 2012

Speaker at Coca Cola African Diaspora Network. May, 2011 Speaker at Alliance Francaise: “The Ultimate Price of Politics, Identifying the players, pawns and

politics of the Africa”. April, 2011 Speaker at Student’s Organization Stand On the Social Uprising in North Africa. April, 2011 Keynote speaker at Bayt Al Hikma University (Rabat-Morocco) « Arkoun dans les Pays de Descartes

et Spinoza: aventures Amstellodamoises ». January, 2011 Lecture at Bayt Al Hikma University (Rabat-Morocco) « Valeurs sociales et éducation en mutation:

la diaspora marocaine en Europe et Etats Unis». January, 2011


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Speaker at Student’s Organization Enough (Emory) on Blood Minerals in Congo. November, 2011 Speaker and Organizer, “Doing Business in French speaking Countries,” Goizueta Business School,

Emory University (participants: Cliff Oxford, Ambassador Andrew Young, Belgian, French, Canadian, Swiss consuls, March, 2010)

Moderator at ACLU event at Emory: “Obama and Civil Rights,” Among the panellists were many

students organizations including Democrats and Republicans on campus. February, 2010 Speaker at Entrepreneurs Advisors with Cliff Oxford and Zeina Skaf, The Ritz Hotel, Atlanta. January,

2010 Speaker at SOS Children’s Villages (USA), Emory University. December, 2009 Speaker at Pioneers (400 years Dutch presence in NYC) “Race in America, Islam in Europe: Framing

Islam as Race”. November, 2009 Speaker at political events during the EU elections of 2009, (from April to June) in Atlanta,

Amsterdam, The Hague, London and Brussels Provided weekly commentary on pre-presidential election developments live from Emory University for Arab media outlets, including Al Jazeera, throughout the Middle East and Europe. October, 2008 Speaker at Atlanta Council on Foreign Relations on “Is Europe the Next Battleground for Islamic

Extremism?” May, 2006 Speaker on “The Transatlantic Divide: US and Europe,” The Unitarian Church, Atlanta. March, 2006 Speaker on “Global Poverty and Development in Low Income Countries,” The United Methodist

Church, Dunwoody, GA. March, 2005 Speaker at conference on “European Campaigning” in the 2004 European Parliamentary Elections,

Hilton Amsterdam. June, 2004 Speaker as European Parliamentary Candidate at panel on the campaign, De Balie, Amsterdam. June,

2004 Speaker at Conference on “Anti-Semitism in Europe,” the Cobra Museum, Amsterdam. Invited by the

Jewish Liberal Community in Holland and the Center for Documentation Information Israel in The Hague. November, 2003

Scientific advisor & moderator at public conference on “The Future of the State in Europe: The

Cases of France and the Netherlands” sponsored by Maison Descartes in Amsterdam, Sciences Politiques in Paris, and the French and Dutch governments. Speakers include mayors of Paris and Amsterdam, ministers of foreign affairs from both countries, scholars such as Alan Touraine, and notables such as Giscard d’Estaing. May, 2003

Keynote speaker at intensive two-day Educational Workshop for Albanian Parliamentarians and


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extra-Parliamentary Opposition. Invited by East-West Parliamentarians Network, Zagreb. April, 2002

Rapporteur and Moderator for Council of Europe Conference on “Cultural Cooperation between

Europe and North Africa.” Conference held in the debating chambers of the Moroccan Parliament, Rabat. April, 2002

Keynote speaker at intensive two-day Educational Workshop for Members of Parliament from

Western and Southern African Countries, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. March, 2002 Keynote speaker at international Conference on “Human Rights in the Maghreb.” Other speakers

included former Spanish PM Felipe Gonzalez; Rabat, Morocco. December, 2001 Moderator international meeting on “Challenges Facing Europe” Communitarian Network

Conference, Brussels. Invited by Prof. Amati Etzioni. November, 2001 Represented the Dutch delegation (Council of Europe) to the meetings that resulted in the first

worldwide convention on cyber crime. Drafted and proposed a number of amendments that were incorporated into the final convention that was ratified by governments. November, 2001

Presenter and Panellist, “Cybercrime” Public debate with Prof. Michael Froomkin at international

conference on “Anonymity and Internet: Rights and Obligations in a Borderless Society”, Tilburg University. September, 2000

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Education PhD 2000 Amsterdam School of Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam

Dissertation: “Imams d’Amsterdam: à travers l’exemple des imams de la diaspora marocaine”

MA 1987 University of Amsterdam, Sociology MA 1982 University of Rabat, Philosophy and Sociology

Professional Employment Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Emory University (August, 2005-present) Core faculty in Africa Studies Institute, adjunct faculty member in Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, Emory College; Fellow of the Lillian Carter Center for International Nursing in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing; and Assistant to the Provost, Emory University. (See Development work on page 1)


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Teaching

SOC 247/AAS 247: Race and Ethnic Relations (from an international perspective) SOC 311: Political Sociology SOC 389: Immigration, Media, and Social Conflict SOC 389: Migration and Social Conflict

SOC 389/SOC 729: Economic Development in Africa (undergraduate and graduate) SOC 468: Economic Development in Africa

SOC 729/ANT 585/ILA 790: Globalization Practicum (graduate) BUS 497/BUS 697: Economic Development in Africa I BUS 497/BUS 697: Economic Development in Africa II (including a 10 day field trip to Mali)

MESAS 570 Islam in Europe MESAS 370.00 Islam in Europe MESAS/SOC /AFS 319 Islam, Media and Social Movements

MDP 585 Economic Development in Africa

Previous Teaching Experience and Short Courses Certificate received for Emory University short course on “Teaching Human Rights”. May 17-18,

2006 Certificate received for the intensive short course on “Teaching Racial Profiling in the US,” American

Sociological Association annual meetings, Chicago. August, 2002 Guest Mentor for seminar meeting on “Racial Profiling” for social science undergraduates at

Dartmouth College, Hanover. August, 2002 Certificate received for short post-doctoral law course on “Internet Domain Names,” Leiden

University. April, 2001 During my years as a Ph.D. student I supervised MA theses for Dutch students in social sciences. Numerous lectures to U.S., African, Chinese and European delegations, as well as university students

and faculty on policy issues, political institutions, social and political issues in Europe and Africa. Invited lectures also given at University of Amsterdam, Free University of Amsterdam, Leiden University, Catholic University of Tilburg, Erasmus University, L’Ecole de Hautes Etudes in Paris, Dartmouth College, Laval University, University of Rabat (Mohammed V)

Research Affiliations Affiliate Board Member, Center for Globalization and Information Technology, Univ. of California-Berkeley. 2000-present Researcher, Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), Univ. of Amsterdam. 2002-present

Part-time researcher. Research projects include: Internet and Islamic Religious Leadership; Internet and Muslim Identity in Europe. Projects have been supported by the Center for Old and New Media, Amsterdam


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Part-time PhD Researcher, Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam. (1991-1995)

Completed PhD program required coursework and conducted dissertation fieldwork in Amsterdam, while also working part-time in the Amsterdam Center for Foreigners and then full-time as an elected Member of the Dutch Parliament from 1994

PUBLICATIONS Academic Publications Books

Fridays of Rage: Aljazeera and the Arab Spring (Oxford University Press, Forthcoming) In the House of War: Dutch Islam Observed. Oxford University Press, 2013 (Paperback) In the House of War: Dutch Islam Observed. Oxford University Press, 2010

Manuscript in Progress Muslim Politics today in Morocco, Egypt, and Turkey: A Comparative Study Book Chapters

“Islam in the Netherlands” The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics. OUP. 2014 Sam Cherribi and Matthew Pesce. Khatibi: A Sociologist in Lietrature. Leiden University

Press (forthcoming) “Arabic Al-Jazeera: Transnational Identity and Influence” in The Sage Handbook of Political Communication, Semetko & Scamell, eds. Sage. 2012 “Race and Color in the Middle East” in (eds. Andrea L. Stanton, Edward Ramsamy, Peter J. Seybolt, Carolyn M. Elliott (eds.). Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa: An Encyclopedia, Sage: Thousand Oaks. 2012 “An Obsession Renewed: Islamophobia in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands”. In

Islamaphobia: The Challenge of the 21st Century John Esposito and Ibrahim Kalin [eds.]. OUP. 2011

“The Future of American Consumerism” in Beyond the Crisis: the Future of Capitalism. Meghan-Kiffer Press. 2009

“The Council of Europe’s Human Rights Perspective on the Media.” Diana Papademas [ed.]

Studies in Communications Volume 6, Human Rights and Media, New York: Elsevier Science Publishers. 2008


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“Politicians’ Perceptions of the Muslim Problem: The Dutch Example in European Context” Thomas Banchoff [ed.] Democracy and the New Religious Pluralism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007

“The Growing Islamization of Europe.” In John L. Esposito & Francois Burgat [eds.]

Modernizing Islam: Religion in the Public Sphere in Europe and the Middle East. Newark & London: Rutgers University Press & Hurst. 2003

“The Global Aspects of the Internet” In Donald H. Johnston [ed.] Encyclopedia of

International Media and Communications New York: Academic Press. 2003 Journal Articles

Cherribi, Sam. “U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Arab World Responses to Al-Jazeera’s Interview With Karen Hughes” in the American Behavioral Scientist, (Sage Publications), 2008

Cherribi, Sam. “Making sense of the senseless: A reasoned approach to radicalism”. Book reviews in the journal of Political Psychology (International Society of Political Psychology), 2008

Cherribi, Sam. “From Baghdad to Paris: Al-Jazeera and the Veil” The Harvard International

Journal of Press/Politics, 11, 2006 Cherribi, Sam. “Olanda (s)velata: intolleranza, populismo e media.” Comunicazione

politica, IV/2 pp.141-165. Translated from my manuscript entitled Outing the Dutch: Intolerance, populism and the media, 2003 (This is the leading Italian journal for research on political communication)

Co-Authored papers Sam Cherribi and Matthew Pesce “Youth, media and the politics of change in North Africa” 2012 Sam Cherribi and Matthew Pesce “The Moroccan Economy and the Politics of Development: the US, the EU (Euromed), the GCC and the AMU” 2012

Working Papers

“Pluralism and Intolerance: The New Dutch Treat” Published online as a working paper by the Georgetown University Initiative on Religion, Politics and Peace.

Magazines

Contributing Editor, Global Vision Africa (2005-present) Sister magazine to Global Vision, focused on Africa, reaching business and political elite in Africa and around the world. Topics of my articles and interviews include poverty and human rights, economic development, African-American professionals, U.S.-South African institutions of public culture


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Contributing Editor, Global Vision (2000-present) International magazine aimed at business executives and government officials. Topics of my articles/interviews have included: Kofi Anan (UN), Gerrit Zalm (Minister of Finance), Jo Ritzen (World Bank), Thomas Patterson (Harvard), key players at the October 3, 2003 Unification Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, the President of Iceland’s visit to Emory University, the visit to Emory of the Ambassador of the Arab League to the US; Kenneth Cole; Jimmy Carter; Mary Robinson; James Wagner; His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Jane Fonda, President Saakashvili of Georgia, novelist Mario Vargas Llosa; Shimon Peres

Contributor and Reviewer for French academic magazine Liber, edited by Pierre Bourdieu (1991-1994)

Wrote brief French reviews of Dutch and English academic publications, such as J. Goudsblom’s book Fire and Civilization (Penguin), and co-authored a longer French article with B.Y. Cadat on ‘Citizenship and Migrants in The Netherlands’

Public Policy Documents (Rapporteur)

O’Hara, John & Cherribi, Oussama. Developing a European Space Observation Capability to meet Europe’s Security Requirements. Western European Union, 2002

Valleix, Jean & Cherribi, Oussama. AntiMissile Defence: The Implications for European

Industry. Western European Union, 2001 Cherribi, Oussama. Overcoming obstacles to E-business. Council of Europe, 2001 Cherribi, Oussama. Internet and Information Society. Council of Europe, 1997

Journalism (publications since 2000) Articles published in Global Vision magazine

“A special issue on Philanthropy in Europe and the US” Global Vision January/February 2008 “Are We Sufficiently Prepared for the Changing Global Economy?” Global Vision Vol. 8.

July/August 2007. pp. 16-28 “Faith and Political Rights” Global Vision Vol. 8. July/August 2007. pp. 38-41 “The Shifting Power Equation: The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting at Davos” Global

Vision Vol. 8. July/August 2007. pp. 12-13 “Jimmy Carter and the Carter Center” Global Vision Vol. 6, 2. 2006. pp. 10-14. “Mario Vargas Llosa: 'Reading is not a luxurious pastime'” Global Vision Vol. 6, 2. 2006. pp.

32-33 “The African Leader Changing OPEC” Global Vision Vol. 6, 2. 2006. pp. 54-55


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“Promoting Global Energy Security in Africa” Global Vision Vol. 6, 2. 2006. pp. 56-57 “Royal support following Katrina” Interview with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin; Global

Vision Vol 5,1 2006. p. 62 “Clinton Global Initiative” Brief on Sept. 2005 New York City conference with photo spread

including former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton, Jordan’s Queen Rania, Israel’s Shimon Peres, Italy’s Romano Prodi; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holbrooke and actor Brad Pitt; Global Vision Vol. 5, 1. 2005. pp. 10-11

“Jane Fonda’s Life so Far” Interview with Jane Fonda; Global Vision Vol 5, 1. 2005. pp. 28-31 “To Russia with Love: Private-Public Partnerships Deliver Foreign Aid and Newborns”

Interview with John Rice, General Election Vice Chairman; Tom Murray, Founder of the Future of Russia Foundation; Kent Hill, USAID Global Health Dr. Alfred Brann, MD Emory University; Global Vision Vol. 5, 1. (year???) pp. 63-66

“The symbolic world of the Dalai Lama” Interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and

Emory College Dean Robert Paul; Global Vision Vol. 4, 2. 2005. pp. 16-18. Dalai Lama was the cover story

“King Lire” Interview with Bernard Pivot (French global broadcaster celebrity) Global Vision

Vol. 4, 1 2005. pp. 16-17

“The Silk Route’s troubled heart” Interview with Georgian President Saakashvili; Global Vision Vol. 4, 1. 2005. pp. 38-44

“The Power of Knowledge” which is an interview with Emory’s new President James

Wagner, who is pictured being congratulated by President Carter, and with Mary Robinson; Global Vision Vol. 3, 11. 2004. pp. 24-27. Wagner was the cover story

“A Moral Compass” with excerpts from Mary Robinson’s May 2004 commencement address

at Emory; Global Vision Vol. 3, 11. 2004. pp. 27-28 “Worlds Apart: Globalization Might Foster Transparency but for medicines sans frontiers the

challenge only gets bigger” reporting on Dr. Alan Dubois speaking at Emory, Global Vision Vol. 3, 10. 2004. pp. 16-17

“Merry Old Sole: Good business doesn’t have to be all about profits” picturing Kenneth Cole,

Harry Belafonte and President Wagner at the Kenneth Cole Forum and featuring an exclusive interview with Cole. Global Vision Vol. 3, 10. 2004. pp. 26-27

“The Sting in the Tale: Jimmy Carter takes Center Stage as first former US president to write

a fiction book” picturing President Carter and Sam Cherribi and reviewing the new novel; Global Vision Vol. 3, 10. 2004. p. 78

“Baker’s Road Map” which reports on former Sec. of State Baker’s speech at the Oct. 3rd 2003

Unification Conference in Atlanta that involved George Bush Sr., Helmut Kohl and Mikheil Gorbachev; Global Vision Vol. 3, 9, 2003. pp. 36-37


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“The US and the Arab World: Bridging the Gulf” which reports on Ambassador Hassouna’s

speech at Emory in October 2003. Global Vision Vol. 3, 9. 2003. p.38 “ICE TO SEE YOU: As a symbol of diversity and tolerance, academic performance and

excellence, Emory University in Atlanta, GA hosted the President of Iceland.” Global Vision Vol. 3, 9. 2003. p. 39

“Public Confidence in Age of Uncertainty: Interview with Thomas Patterson” Global Vision

Vol. 3, 6. 2003. pp. 22-25 “The UN’s Secretary Kofi Annan: A global Icon for Peace.” Global Vision Vol. 1, 1. 2000. pp.

22-24 “Education’s Role in Reducing Poverty. A Talk with the World Bank,” Global Vision Vol. 1,

2000. pp. 30-32

Articles in foreign media

Cherribi, Oussama and Pieter van Os. “Houd toch op Nederland vol te noemen: De huidige xenofobie is schadelijk voor onze reputatie en onze economie”. NRC Handelsblad. [Stop saying that the Netherlands is full: the present xenophobia is hurting our reputation and our economy”] July 15, 2006, p. 7

Cherribi, Oussama. «Ik ben een niet onverdienstelijk houtbewerker» Exclusief interview met

Jimmy Carter: Missionairs, militair en meubelmaker. De Groene Amsterdammer. [“I am not an undeserving carpenter” Exclusive interview with Jimmy Carter: Missionary, soldier, and furnituremaker.] Cover story in the Dutch equivalent America’s The Nation. Cover included photo of Carter with the headline: Interview met Jimmy Carter. Moreel Leiderschap. [Interview with Jimmy Carter. Moral Leadership.] May 25, 2006, pp. 22-23, pp. 24-25

Cherribi, Oussama. «Ik gooi mezelf er weer helemaal in» Exclusief interview met Jane Fonda

De Groene Amsterdammer. [“I throw myself totally in” Exclusive interview with Jane Fonda]. Cover story in the Dutch equivalent of America’s The Nation. Oct. 14, 2005. pp. 16-19

Cherribi, Oussama. «Sociologie is een vechtsport» DeGroene Amsterdammer. [“Sociology is a

marshall art” De Groene Amsterdammer. This was the first major magazine article on Pierre Bourdieu in the Dutch press, concerning his work, his legacy and the loss to the intellectual field. Feb. 2, 2002. pp. 19-21

ACADEMIC INTERNATIONAL EVENTS/CONFERENCES Emory Arabic Table Symposium, Framing the Tunisian & Egyptian Revolutions. White Hall, Emory

College (November 20, 2013)

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Panel with Yesim Ozbarlas :“Has The Syrian War Chilled EU- Turkish Relations? November 19, 2014 (Emory College)

Moderator-- Fourth International Symposium Emory University, The Role of Middle/Mixed Arabic in the Standardization of Modern Arabic in Its Actual Written/Spoken Use (October 12-15 2013)

The Maghreb Studies Association Meeting, Oxford, UK (June 24-25,2013) American Sociological Association Meeting (Sociology of the Middle East and Muslim Societies) New

York (August 10 -13, 2013) Conference : Arno J. Mayer – Critical Junctures in Modern History at theConference Centre,Casino

Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, 41 Rue Notre-Dame, Luxembourg. Themes: revolution and counter-revolution; the persistence of the Ancien Régime; World War I and its aftermath; the Final Solution; the Middle East today, Framing the Arab Spring; the future of American power. ( May 10-11 2013 )

The Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies (IEIS) “Religion, secularism and

the quest for a decent society”, which will take place in Luxembourg-City (26 and 27 April 2013)

“Africa Rising” Leon H. Sullivan Conference at Kennedy Hall, Washington DC. August 2009 African-American Summit in Tanzania, a trip that I organized and for which I arranged funding through the Leon Sullivan Foundation to allow 20 of my students at Emory to attend and in which to participate. June 2008 Organized and funded the Emory University 1st Annual Globalization Conference featuring financial leaders John Dearie with the Financial Forum, George Vojta with Bankers Trust, and various others. May 2008 “Muslim in the Enlarged EU” Guest lecturer for Teaching About the Middle East Conference at Perimeter College. April 2009 “Muslim youth in Europe at “Muslim-Christian Understanding,” Invited Lecturer on the topic of Muslim youth in Europe at “Muslim-Christian Understanding,” Georgetown University, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice’s youth programs division. February 2008 “Spain and Morocco” Keynote speaker for conference on internationalizing curricula at North Georgia College. March 2008 “Muslim Youth in Europe: Mores and Values” Paper presented at Georgetown University’s conference on The New Muslim Generations of Europe. November 2007 “Al-Jazeera in the Mirror: A Decade of Reporting” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, Chicago. August 2007

“Religion and Politics in Europe” Chaired panel at the annual meetings of the American Political

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“Al-Jazeera on France: Framing Conflict and Religion” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia. September 2006

“Reporting Islam in The Netherlands, France and the U.K.” Paper presented at the annual meetings

of the International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany. June 2006 “Reporting War from an Islamic-Arab Perspective: Al-Jazeera and Iraq” Paper presented at the

annual meetings of the International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany. June 2006

Consultant to Ford Foundation and Arizona State University, “Public Religion, the Secular, and

Democracy: An International, Cross-disciplinary Project” Emory Conference Center. May 2006

“From Baghdad to Europe: Al-Jazeera Reporting” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the

American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C. (August 2005) “From Baghdad to Paris: Al-Jazeera and the Veil” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the

International Communication Association, New York. May 2005 “Islam, Murder and Videotape: Dutch Muslims and Van Gogh’s Submission” Paper presented at the

Georgia State University conference on Muslim Experiences on Globalization. 20 expert speakers invited from around the world. April 2005

Speaker at panel discussion on Governance in Europe. The Communitarian Summit Conference

organized by Prof. A. Etzioni’s Communitarian Network, George Washington University, Washington D.C. July 2004

“Framing European Muslims: Europe's "Muslim Problem" as seen in Britain, France and the

Netherlands” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the International Communication Association, New Orleans. May 2004

“Europe’s New Imbalance: Challenges for the Future” Presentation at the 2004 Burke Nicholson

Forum: A New Balance in Europe? Emory University. April, 2004 “Europe’s “Muslim Problem: What European Elites Think” Paper presented at international

conference on Islam in an Expanding Europe sponsored by the European Union Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Invited as one of 40 experts from the US and Europe. March, 2004

“Maghrebian Diasporas in Europe and Homeland Development.” Paper presented at international

conference on Diaspora and Homeland Development at Berkeley Center for Globalization and Information Technology at the Univ. of California-Berkeley. Invited as one of nine experts. April, 2004

“Ethnicity and Political Engagement in Europe: Populism, Imagined Communities, and Political

Mobilization” Paper presented at the Political Communication Division pre-conference of the American Political Science Association, co-sponsored by the Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania. August, 2003


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“Observing European Islam: Imams and the Internet” Paper presented at the American Political

Science Association meetings, Philadelphia, PA. August, 2003

“Outing the Dutch: (In)tolerance, Populism and the Media” Paper presented at a panel on ‘Mass Media and Populism in International Comparison’ at the International Communication Association meetings, San Diego. May, 2003

Key speaker in a Thematic Conversation Roundtable on “September 11 and the Muslim Public

Sphere” Middle East Studies Association. Washington, D.C. November, 2002 “Framing Islam: What European Elites Think Before and After 9/11”. Paper presented at the

American Political Science Association meetings, Boston, MA. August, 2002 Discussant for the panel entitled “The Extreme Right in Western Europe” American Political Science

Association meetings, Boston, MA. August, 2002 Keynote speaker at the Workshop on Muslim Identities and the Public Sphere. Dartmouth College,

New Hampshire. August. Invited by Prof. Dale Eickelman. 2002 Moderator of a discussion on “Islam after 9/11” with Mohammed Arkoun and others. Felix Meritus

(Amsterdam’s International Cultural Center), Amsterdam. April, 2002 “Muslims in Europe: The Dutch Case” Keynote speaker at a conference on “Islam in Europe & North

America” at the University of Laval & Goethe Institute Montreal. March, 2002 “New Chinatown: Social Capital and the Effects of Space” Paper presented at American Sociological

Association meetings, Anaheim, CA. August, 2001 “The Imam, the Mosque and the City” Spoke on this topic in an informal roundtable discussion, and

also served as chair/facilitator of the roundtable, American Sociological Association meetings, Anaheim, CA. August, 2001

“Stigmatization and Mobilization: Recent Developments in The Netherlands” Invited lecture for

Humboldt Foundation sponsored workshop on Muslim Identities and the Public Sphere, Berlin. July. Invited by Prof. Dale Eickelman . 2001

“Imams and Issues: The Politics of Islam in European Public Space.” Paper presented at the

American Political Science Association meetings, San Francisco, CA. September, 2001 “Immigration and Citizenship: The Politics of Right Wing Extremism in Europe” Panel chair,

American Political Science Association meetings, San Francisco, CA. September, 2001 “The Configuration of the Religious Field: Islamic Leadership in Amsterdam” Paper presented at the

American Sociological Association meetings, Washington, D.C. August, 2000 Moderator of a discussion on Islam with Olivier Roy. Felix Meritus House (Amesterdam’s

International Cultural Center). Amsterdam. October, 2000


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CONSULTING

Consultant on Public Affairs, International Activities and Management 2002- 2003 Upon ending my work as a MP in the Dutch Parliament in May 2002, I began part-time consulting. Projects include: Amsterdam’s New Chinatown; Sciences Po (Paris) and the French Consulate in The Netherlands; Maastricht School of Management. Activities include public relations, fundraising, internal organizational change, short-term major events and long-term planning.

Member of the Expenditure Review Committee on European Union Funding for Urban Renewal in Amsterdam (Commissie Toezicht Urban II) 2002-2006

Appointed by the Mayor of Amsterdam and the City Council to this three-person committee, which serves in an oversight capacity to evaluate and recommend projects for the use of EU funds for urban renewal in Amsterdam.

Member of the National Committee for the Reform of Health Care Policy in The Netherlands (Kiezen voor Zorg) 2002-2003

Advisory committee appointed by the Dutch government to revise policy for health care reform. This 30 member committee of current and former government ministers, current and former MPs and notable members of the public will report findings in 2003

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE IN THE NETHERLANDS

Research Manager, Cultural and Scientific Education, Amsterdam Center for Foreigners 1984-93 Researched and wrote policy documents, organized expert meetings on immigration issues, education policy, youth policy, and all aspects of social integration policy

Broadcaster and translator, Dutch Public Service Television, NOS and Dutch World Service. 1985-90

Translated Dutch to Arabic, Arabic to Dutch, Dutch to French. Broadcast in Arabic and French. Presented the French program ‘the Dutch Chronicle’

Part-time director, FRAT, a multi-lingual Theater Group, 1983-1991

Directed and produced plays, some of which I also wrote, for a theatre group that received subsidies from the Amsterdam Arts Council. This was occasional and in my free time as I was also studying for my Dutch BA/MA degree at the University of Amsterdam until 1987 and working as a research manager at the Amsterdam Center for Foreigners


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Key Public Service Activities and Initiatives as a MP

Founded Den Haag-Online to further transparency and accountability in national government and developed the first website of the Dutch Parliament to communicate between representatives and citizens

Organized key entrepreneurial and educational initiatives with technology firms in Europe, and

ethnic and youth groups, including Amsterdam’s Chinatown Researched and drafted two best-selling Dutch books, Moslim en de polder (1997), Islam

en democratie (1994), for then VVD leader Frits Bolkestein

Managed parliamentary staff and campaign team Advisor to the European Youth Parliament Member of the Board of Directors, Amsterdam Art Council, and Migrant TV (MTV) Member of the “Taalunie” Belgian-Dutch Council for Language Policy 1994-2002 Work related travel to the Americas, western and central Europe, Africa, the Gulf and Middle East,

China, India, Russia Participated in dozens of policy related public events and conferences (EU, CGI, Felix Miritis)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Associate Member of the Education Council of the Netherlands, The Hague Editorial Board of the British Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies American Political Science Association American Sociological Association International Communication Association Middle East Studies Association Maison Descartes, French Cultural Association Parliamentarians for Global Action, a United Nations NGO Amsterdam Kring (involves key business executives, politicians, and public intellectuals)

Board Memberships Board member of Théâtre du Rêve, Atlanta (since 2009) SOS Children’s Villages USA, Atlanta Committee (since 2009)