Nabil Al-Tikriti, Associate Professor of History, earned a Ph.D. (2004) in Ottoman history from the University of Chicago, an MIA (1990) from Columbia University, and a BSFS (1988) in Arab studies from Georgetown University. He also studied at the Center for Arabic Studies Abroad’s advanced Arabic language immersion program at The American University in Cairo, and the advanced Turkish language immersion program at Bogaziçi University in Istanbul. From 1992 to 2003, Dr. Al-Tikriti was a context and liaison officer, administrator, and logistician for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). In 2007-08, Al-Tikriti served as a Jennings Randolph Fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. Dr. Al-Tikriti’s articles have been published in scholarly journals, including the International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, http://www.umw.edu/mrg/?fid=16 http://www.trust.org/alertnet/