Halim Barakat

Kafrun, Syria; 12- 4 - 36

B. A.(55 ) and M. A.(60)-Amer.Univ. of Beirut, Sociology
Ph.D. ,1966  University of Michigan , Social psychology

• 1976 -2002  Research Professor , Center For Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown  University, Washington, D. C. 
• 1975 - 76  Visiting Professor of Sociology and Arab Studies, University of Texas At Austin. 
• 1973-75 Vice President of Academic Affairs, Center For Educational Research and Development.
• 1972 -73 Research Fellow, Harvard University.
• 1966 -72 Assistant Professor, American University of Beirut
• 1964 -1966 Assistant Study Director, Institute For Social Research, University of Michigan

• Al-Mudarris Award ( Syria) for the best novel, 1956.
• Friends of the Book award, Beirut.
• The vicennial Medal, Georgetown University, 1996.

• American-Arab University Graduates (President, 1986)
• Middle East Studies Association
• American Sociological Association
• Arab Sociological Association (member of the Board)
• Association of Arab Writer
• Arab Organization For Human Rights (a founding member)
• World Congress of Sociology