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Tarek Heggy (born October 12, 1950, Port Said, Egypt) is both a leading liberal political thinker in the Arab world and international petroleum strategist. His extensive writings advocate the values of modernity, democracy, tolerance, and women's rights in the Middle East – advancing them as universal values essential to the region's progress. As one of the preeminent liberal Arab theoreticians today, Tarek Heggy has lectured at universities throughout the world, including Oxford, Rotterdam, Tokyo, Princeton, Columbia, Maryland, and the University of California Berkeley. Due to his knowledge of the Middle East, he has also been called upon to speak at various institutions and think tanks, such as the Heritage Foundation, the Hudson Institute, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the National Endowment for Democracy, the American Enterprise Institute, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the Council on Foreign Relations.

Tarek Heggy’s main themes are the need for economic, political, and cultural reform in Egypt. In his essay, “Why Do I Write?” he explains that his purpose is to encourage self-criticism, to defend the shared values of all civilization, to advocate freedom of belief and a culture of peace, to advance market economics, and to counter the “Goebbels-style propaganda machines operating in Egypt and the Arab world and their dangerous manipulation of public opinion.” (http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/3459131.html)

Published Works

Since April 1978, Tarek Heggy has published fifteen books in Arabic. In addition to these, some three hundred essays in English, Arabic, French, Russian & Hebrew are posted on his website http://www.tarek-heggy.com/ Heggy's fifth book in English "Culture, Civilization & Humanity" was published in the UK and USA by Frank Cass in 2003.

Books in English:

On Management and Petroleum Industry. 1991

Egypt 's Contemporary Problems. 1992

Critique of Marxism. 1992

Egyptian Political Essays. 2000

Culture, Civilization & Humanity. 2003

Books in Arabic:

Marxist Ideas In Balance. 1978

Communism And Religion. 1980

My Experience With Marxism. 1983

What is to be done? 1986

The Four Idols. 1988

The Trinity of Destruction. 1990

Egypt between two Earthquakes. 1991

The Fateful Transformation. 1993

Reflections on Egypt 's Realities. 1995

Critique of the Arab Mind. 1998

Culture First and Foremost. 2000

The Values of Progress. 2001

On the Egyptian Mind. 2003

Margins on The Egyptian Mind. 2004

Modern Management in the contemporary Arab Societies. 2006

Books in French:

L'inéluctable Transformation. 1991

Professional Experience

· Founder and Chairman, Tana Petroleum Middle East Co., a UK-based oil production company with a business portfolio in the UK and Egypt (1998).

· Shell International Middle East Advisor (1996 - 1998).

· Chairman of Shell International Petroleum Companies (1988 - 1996).

· Chief Petroleum Agreements Negotiator (1979 - 1988).

· Member of the Board of Directors of numerous Oil producing companies (1988 - 2004).

· Assistant Professor at the Law schools of a number of Algerian and Moroccan universities (1971– 1979).

Affiliations

Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, Washington D.C.(USA).

Member of the Advisory Board of the RAND Organization "Centre for Middle East Public Policy" of the initiative for Middle Eastern Youth (IMEY) (http://www.rand.org/nsrd/cmepp/imey/advisory.html#heggy).

Egypt Supreme Culture Council (Management Sciences Committee).

The Egyptian Society for Historic Studies.

MSA University ( Cairo , Egypt ).

The Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences of Cairo University.

The Middle East Research Centre of Ain Shams University (Cairo)

The Arab Management Society.

Egypt Bar Association.

Egypt Writers Association.

Heliopolis Library Chairman.

What Others Say

"A courageous and distinctive voice from Egypt ."(Professor Bernard Lewis).

"Tarek Heggy's book is one of the most interesting and important works to come out of the Arab world in a long time". (Professor Barry Rubin).

"Tarek Heggy is one of the most creative and prolific writers in the Arab world. His writings probe the political and social limits and present a refreshing message of self-reliance that challenges the prevailing sense that regional ills are largely made abroad". (Professor Shibley Telhami, Head of Al-Sadat Chair, Maryland University , USA).

External Links

http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=tarek+heggy&mkt=en-CA&form=WLMLQB

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=tarek+heggy&fr=yfp-t-471&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8

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+Tarek Heggy (born October 12, 1950, Port Said, [[Egypt]]) is both a leading liberal political thinker in the Arab world and international petroleum strategist. His extensive writings advocate the values of modernity, democracy, tolerance, and women's rights in the [[Middle East]] – advancing them as universal values essential to the region's progress. As one of the preeminent liberal Arab theoreticians today, Tarek Heggy has lectured at universities throughout the world, including Oxford, Rotterdam, Tokyo, Princeton, Columbia, Maryland, and the University of California Berkeley. Due to his knowledge of the Middle East, he has also been called upon to speak at various institutions and think tanks, such as the [[Heritage Foundation]], the [[Hudson Institute]], the [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]], the [[National Endowment for Democracy]], the [[American Enterprise Institute]], the [[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]], and the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].
+Tarek Heggy’s main themes are the need for economic, political, and cultural reform in Egypt. In his essay, “Why Do I Write?” he explains that his purpose is to encourage self-criticism, to defend the shared values of all civilization, to advocate freedom of belief and a culture of peace, to advance market economics, and to counter the “Goebbels-style propaganda machines operating in Egypt and the Arab world and their dangerous manipulation of public opinion.” (http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/3459131.html)
+== Published Works ==
+Since April 1978, Tarek Heggy has published fifteen books in Arabic. In addition to these, some three hundred essays in English, Arabic, French, Russian & Hebrew are posted on his website http://www.tarek-heggy.com/
+Heggy's fifth book in English "Culture, Civilization & Humanity" was published in the UK and USA by Frank Cass in 2003.
+'''Books in English''':
+''On Management and Petroleum Industry''. 1991
+''Egypt 's Contemporary Problems''. 1992
+''Critique of Marxism''. 1992
+''Egyptian Political Essays''. 2000
+''Culture, Civilization & Humanity''. 2003
+'''Books in Arabic''':
+''Marxist Ideas In Balance''. 1978
+''Communism And Religion''. 1980
+''My Experience With Marxism''. 1983
+''What is to be done?'' 1986
+''The Four Idols''. 1988
+''The Trinity of Destruction''. 1990
+''Egypt between two Earthquakes''. 1991
+''The Fateful Transformation''. 1993
+''Reflections on Egypt 's Realities''. 1995
+''Critique of the Arab Mind''. 1998
+''Culture First and Foremost''. 2000
+''The Values of Progress''. 2001
+''On the Egyptian Mind''. 2003
+''Margins on The Egyptian Mind''. 2004
+''Modern Management in the contemporary Arab Societies''. 2006
+'''Books in French''':
+''L'inéluctable Transformation''. 1991
+== Professional Experience ==
+· Founder and Chairman, Tana Petroleum Middle East Co., a UK-based oil production company with a business portfolio in the UK and Egypt (1998).
+· Shell International Middle East Advisor (1996 - 1998).
+· Chairman of Shell International Petroleum Companies (1988 - 1996).
+· Chief Petroleum Agreements Negotiator (1979 - 1988).
+· Member of the Board of Directors of numerous Oil producing companies (1988 - 2004).
+· Assistant Professor at the Law schools of a number of Algerian and Moroccan universities (1971– 1979).
+== Affiliations ==
+Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, Washington D.C.(USA).
+Member of the Advisory Board of the RAND Organization "Centre for Middle East Public Policy" of the initiative for Middle Eastern Youth (IMEY) (http://www.rand.org/nsrd/cmepp/imey/advisory.html#heggy).
+Egypt Supreme Culture Council (Management Sciences Committee).
+The Egyptian Society for Historic Studies.
+MSA University ( Cairo , Egypt ).
+The Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences of Cairo University.
+The Middle East Research Centre of Ain Shams University (Cairo)
+The Arab Management Society.
+Egypt Bar Association.
+Egypt Writers Association.
+Heliopolis Library Chairman.
+== What Others Say ==
+"A courageous and distinctive voice from Egypt ."(Professor [[Bernard Lewis]]).
+"Tarek Heggy's book is one of the most interesting and important works to come out of the Arab world in a long time". (Professor [[Barry Rubin]]).
+"Tarek Heggy is one of the most creative and prolific writers in the Arab world. His writings probe the political and social limits and present a refreshing message of self-reliance that challenges the prevailing sense that regional ills are largely made abroad". (Professor [[Shibley Telhami]], Head of Al-Sadat Chair, Maryland University , USA).
+== External Links ==
+http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=tarek+heggy&mkt=en-CA&form=WLMLQB
+http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=tarek+heggy&fr=yfp-t-471&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8
+http://search.arabia.msn.com/results.aspx?q=tarek+heggy&geovar=en-US&FORM=REDI
+http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=tarek+heggy
+http://www.google.com.eg/search?q=%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%82+%D8%AD%D8%AC%D9%8A&hl=ar&start=0&sa=N