Professor Zweiri's lecture will focus on understanding and analyzing the dynamics of the development of relations between the Arabs and Iran, especially in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. In this context, emphasis will be placed on the role and influence of geography and historical milestones between the two nations, as well as the role and influence of religion and doctrine, and finally, the influence of the nation-state on these relations.

Mahjoob Zweiri is a professor of contemporary politics and Middle Eastern history with a focus on Iran and the Gulf region. He was the director of the Gulf Studies Center at Qatar University from 2018 to 2024 and the head of the humanities department from 2011 to 2016. Before joining Qatar University in 2010, Zweiri was a senior researcher in Middle Eastern politics and Iran at the Center for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan. From March 2003 to December 2006, he was a research fellow and then director of the Centre for Iranian Studies in the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Durham University. Zweiri has more than 95 publications in the areas of Iran, contemporary Middle Eastern history and politics, Gulf studies, social sciences in universities of the future, and artificial intelligence’s role in social sciences. In addition to Arabic, he is fluent in Farsi and English. Zweiri is the founder and editor of the Journal of Gulf Studies, published by Intellect, and editor of the book series Contemporary Gulf States. Currently, he is a visiting professor at the University of Michigan.

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