Daniel Pipes (University of Pennsylvania)

Submitted: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 21:44:53 -0400

Daniel Pipes is editor of the Middle East Quarterly and senior
lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Pipes received his A.B  . (1971) and Ph.D. (1978) from Harvard
University, both in history and Middle Eastern Studies.  He spent six years
studying abroad,including three years in Egypt.  Mr. Pipes speaks French and
Arabic, and reads German.  He has taught at the University of
Chicago, Harvard University, and the U.S. Naval War College.  He
has served in the Departments of State and Defense.  As vice
chairman of the presidentially-appointed J. William Fulbright
Board of Foreign Scholarships, Mr. Pipes in 1992-95 oversaw U.S.
government international exchange programs.  For seven years,
1986-93, he was director of the Foreign Policy Research
Institute.

Mr. Pipes occasionally discusses current issues on television,
appearing on such programs as ABC World News, CBS This Morning,
CBS Reports, CNN Special Events, The Donahue Show, Firing Line,
Good Morning America, MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, Nightline, and The
Today Show.  He serves on three editorial boards and belongs to
the Council on Foreign Relations.  Mr. Pipes has testified before
five Senate and House committees.  He served twice on the Bush
for president campaigns and is currently helping Bob Dole.  He is
listed in Who's Who in the East, Who's Who in America, and Who's
Who in the World.

Mr. Pipes has consulted on Middle Eastern topics for financial,
manufacturing, and service companies; law firms, bar
associations, trade groups; and law courts in the United States
and Canada.

He has published in such magazines as The Atlantic Monthly,
Business Week, Commentary, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy,
National Interest, National Review, and The New Republic.
Leading newspapers, including the Christian Science Monitor,
International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times,
Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, often carry articles by
Mr. Pipes.  His writings have been translated into fifteen
languages. 

Mr. Pipes has published nine books about the Middle East and
Islam.
     Three books deal with Islam: The Rushdie Affair (Birch Lane,
1990), In the Path of God: Islam and Political Power (Basic
Books, 1983), and Slave Soldiers and Islam (Yale University
Press, 1981).
     Three books deal with Syria:  Syria Beyond the Peace Process
(1996), Damascus Courts the West: Syrian Politics, 1989-91
(Washington Institute, 1991), and Greater Syria (Oxford
University Press, 1990).
     The Hidden Hand:  Middle East Fears of Conspiracy (St.
Martin's, forthcoming) looks at the way Arabs and Iranians look
at themselves and the outside world.  The Long Shadow: Culture
and Politics in the Middle East (Transaction, 1989) contains
essays on a variety of topics.  An Arabist's Guide to Colloquial
Egyptian (Foreign Service Institute, 1983) systematizes the
grammar of Arabic as spoken in Egypt.
     In addition, Mr. Pipes has edited two collections of essays,
Sandstorm:  Middle East Conflicts and America (UPA, 1993) and
Friendly Tyrants: An American Dilemma (St. Martin's, 1991).  The
latter surveys the politics of pro-American authoritarian regimes
and their relations with the United States.  Mr. Pipes is also
the joint author of seven books.