Raghid El-Solh
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Raghid El-Solh | |
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| Born | 7 July 1942 Beirut |
| Died | 1 February 2017 (aged 74) |
| Occupations | writer, researcher |
Raghid Kazem El-Solh (7 July 1942 – 1 February 2017) was a Lebanese writer and researcher in international and Arab regional relations as well as democracy issues.[1] He published several books about international relations, the Arab region and democracy. He was a regular contributor to several publications including the London-based pan-Arab Al-Hayat newspaper, and was a regular lecturer, political commentator and a consultant for the UN and other organizations.
Raghid was the son of Kazem El-Solh, a former member of Lebanese Parliament and a former Lebanese ambassador to Iraq. He hails from a prominent Sunni Muslim family which gave Lebanon four prime ministers: Riad Solh, Sami Solh, Takieddine Solh and Rachid Solh.
Raghid Kazem El-Solh earned a B.A. in political science from the American University of Beirut (1964), a M.Sc. in political science from the School of Oriental & African Studies at the University of London (1978) and a PhD in politics and international relations from St. Antony's College, Faculty of Social Science, at the University of Oxford (1986).
He is the author of several books including: Peaceful Settlement and Arab Unity (1980), Lebanon on the Road to the Future (1979), Oman and the South-Eastern Shore of Arabia (Archive documents on the history of the Arab world series) (1997), The Sultanate of Oman 1939-1945 (2000), The Sultanate of Oman 1914-1918 (2000), The Sultanate of Oman 1918-1939: Part I (2000), The Sultanate of Oman 1918-1939: Part II (2000), The Sultanate of Oman 1918-1939: Part III (2000), The Sultanate of Oman 1945 Onwards (2000), Britain's Two Wars with Iraq (2003), and Lebanon and Arabism, 1936-1945 (2004).[2]
He was a visiting fellow at the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Durham, U.K.[3]
He did consultancy work for the UN and other organizations covering Arab regional affairs, democracy, governance, justice, and human rights.
Personal life
Raghid El-Solh was born on July 7, 1942, in Beirut. He was the son of Kazem El-Solh and Yesser Kamel El-Solh.
Raghid was married to Camillia Fawzi, an Egyptian/Irish socio-economist independent consultant, who died 18 months after him on August 29, 2018. They have a daughter Lina and two grandchildren Harry and Lily.
He was the brother of Hannah, Khaldoun and Nawal El-Solh.
Raghid died at the age of 74 on February 1, 2017, in Oxford, U.K. He was buried in Beirut, following a memorial at St Antony's College, Oxford.[4]
