Menahem Milson
Menahem Milson is Professor of modern Arabic literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of a book (1997) on the life and work of the Egyptian Nobel laureate Najib Mahfuz, titled "Najib Mahfuz: The Novelist-Philosopher of Cairo." [1]
Colonel Milson (Ret.) served as Advisor on Arab Affairs to the Israeli Military Government in the West Bank and Gaza (June 1976 to September 1978). He was President Sadat’s aide-de-camp during the Egyptian President’s visit to Jerusalem in November 1977. [2] From November 1981 to September 1982, he was Head of the Military Administration of the Palestinian occupied territories.
He was Dean of the Faculty of Humanities (1991/2 to 1997/8) and Provost of the Rothberg International School (October 1999 to September 2002).
Milson is an academic advisor to the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). [3] Other sources (but not MEMRI's website) identify Milson as MEMRI's co-founder and chair. [4]
SourceWatch resources
- MEMRI – Board of Directors
External links
References
- ↑ Press release, "Nobel Laureate Najib Mahfuz is Subject of Forthcoming Lecture at Library of Congress," Library of Congress, August 27, 1998.
- ↑ Abraham Ravinovich, "Sadat's Israeli aide," Jerusalem Post, November 15, 2007.
- ↑ Menahem Milson, "Reform vs. Islamism in the Arab World Today," MEMRI, September 15, 2004.
- ↑ "Speaker bio: Menahem Milson," United Jewish Communities website, accessed March 2008.
