Yasir Suleiman

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Yasir Suleiman CBE is a scholar of Arabic literature and language, and modern Middle Eastern politics. He is Emeritus Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Professor of Modern Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge.Leslie J. McLoughlin (2002) "In a Sea of Knowledge: British Arabists in the Twentieth Century", {{ISBN|0-86372-288-1}}, p. 224.[http://www.english.education.gov.qa/section/sec/education_institute/cso/curriculum_standards/_yasir_suleiman Yassir Suleiman's profile] at the Supreme Educational Council. Qatar {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413005545/http://www.english.education.gov.qa/section/sec/education_institute/cso/curriculum_standards/_yasir_suleiman |date=13 April 2008 }} He is a Palestinian Arab living in the diaspora.Yasir Suleiman, A War of Worlds, Introduction, p. 1.

Suleiman holds degrees from Amman University, the University of St Andrews, and Durham University.{{cite book |title=Who's Who In Scotland |date=2004 |publisher=Carrick Media |location=Irvine |isbn=0946724547 |page=503}} He lectures on topics related to the Middle East.{{fact|date=November 2023}} He was selected to be a trustee of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2007—2009).{{fact|date=November 2023}}

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for his services to scholarship.{{London Gazette |issue=59808 |date=11 June 2011 |page=8 |supp=y }}{{cite web|title=Main list of the 2011 Queen's birthday honours recipients|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/11_06_11honours_mainlist.pdf|publisher=BBC News UK|access-date=11 June 2011}}