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2009 Carr Center for Human Rights Policy |
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| The Carr
Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School in partnership
with the Hariri Foundation-USA is pleased to announce the recipients of
the Gebran G. Tueni Human Rights Fellowship Program Awards. The gift comes from the Hariri Foundation-USA in honor of Gebran Ghassan Tueni, a politician, journalist, and editor who came to international prominence in March 2000 when he advocated for an independent Lebanon. The Hariri Foundation gift supports two fellowships per year for scholars, journalists, writers, and human rights activists from Lebanon or Iraq to conduct research at the Carr Center.
The Carr
Center is pleased to announce the selection of the first two Gebran G.
Tueni Human Rights Fellows - Ali Allawi and Rima Merhi. |
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Ali Allawi served as the Interim Minister of Trade in the new Government of Iraq from 2003-2004 until he was appointed the first Interim Minister of Defense of Iraq. In April 2005 Mr. Allawi was appointed Minister of Finance in the Transitional Iraqi Government. Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Mr. Allawi graduated from MIT with a BSc in Civil Engineering and continued his postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics. In 1971 he received his MBA from Harvard University. He has just published "The Crisis in Islamic Civilization" (Yale University Press) and is working on another book that will be a comprehensive political biography of Faisal I of Iraq, set against the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the formation of the modern state system in the Middle East and Iraq. |
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| Rima Merhi
is a researcher, human rights activist, and freelance journalist with
publications in leading newspapers and other media outlets. She recently
conducted research at the Middle East Institute and the Library of
Congress in Washington DC. Rima has a BA in public administration from
the American University of Beirut (AUB) and an MBA from the Lebanese
American University. In July 2005 she testified before the U.S.
Congress on youth aspirations for political, economic, and social reform
in Lebanon. Rima then worked for the UN to improve the humanitarian
situation of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and participated in media
and relief committees relating to the crisis at Nahr el Bared
Palestinian camp in May 2007. Rima holds numerous certificates related
to the field of human rights and has participated in numerous seminars
and workshops. |
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