Yezid Sayigh

Yezid Sayigh, (Arabic: يزيد صايغ‎, born 1955) Baltimore, Maryland. Sayigh is Professor of Middle East Studies in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, member of the Academic Board of the Gulf Research Center and member of the Board of Trustees of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR). From 1994 to 2003, he was the assistant director of studies at the Centre of International Studies at Cambridge University. Sayigh also headed the Middle East Research Programme of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London from 1998 to 2003. Sayigh was a former negotiator of the Palestine Liberation Organisation-Israel Agreement on the Gaza Strip and Jericho Area (Cairo Agreement) of May 4, 1994. Headed the Palestinian delegation to the Multilateral Working Group on Arms Control and Regional Security (1992-1994), recipient of the MacArthur Scholar and Research Fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford (1990-1994). From 2005 to 2006 Sayigh was a visiting Professor at the faculty of Political Studies and Public Administration at the American University of Beirut.

Biography

His father Yusif A. Sayigh (1916-2004) was born in al-Bassa, Palestine before the start of the British Mandate. Sayigh moved to Beirut in 1956. Obtained a BSc (Chemistry, Beirut) and PhD (War Studies, London). He has also conducted research at the Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University. His mother is Briton Rosemary Sayigh.

Public Lectures

"Different Yet Similar: Governance in the West Bank and Gaza." Lecture given at the Palestine Center (Washington DC); watch video or read transcripts at http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/ht/d/ContentDetails/i/9924

Publication

His publications include:

• Armed Struggle and the Search for a State: The Palestinian National Movement, 1949-1993 (1997); ISBN 0198292651
• The Third World Beyond the Cold War: Continuity and Change By Louise L'Estrange Fawcett, Louise Fawcett, Yazīd Ṣāyigh Contributor Louise L'Estrange Fawcett, Yazīd Ṣāyigh Published by Oxford University Press, 1999 ISBN 0198295510
• The Cold War and the Middle East By Yezid Sayigh, Avi Shlaim Contributor Yezid Sayigh, Avi Shlaim Published by Oxford University Press, 1997 ISBN 0198290993

He has written numerous articles for National news papers, academic and policy journals.

• A political minefield by Yezid Sayigh
• The PLO and the Palestinian Armed Struggle.