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Hamdi Saleh, Ph.D.
Dr. Hamdi Saleh is a distinguished alumnus of Harvard University with a Ph.D in international relations. He taught at the Kennedy School of Harvard, as well as several other esteemed American universities. He was a Fulbright scholar at Florida State University in 2008. He represented Egypt diplomatically in the United States, the Gulf region, and South Africa, and has played a pivotal role in developing the relationship between Egypt and the United States.
Currently an advisor for the University of Port Said, Dr. Saleh is conducting a program for political consultation between the Middle East and the United States. He is a senior news commentator on Arab and American Television Networks, and has published several books and articles, the latest entitled “America at a Cross Road: The Election of Obama to the White House” (2009).
He was an advisor to the UAE ministry of Foreign Affairs, and has conducted several training programs for diplomats from the UAE. In 2011, he established a center for International Relations at the University of Sharjah in the UAE and was the director for the center for 3 years.