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s identity: a venue for first-rate scholarship on the Middle East that simultaneously meets academic standards without being so esoteric as to be inaccessible to nonacademics, whether they are regionally-focused professionals, students, or lay readers. Dr. Dunn shepherded the
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shift from a print-only publication to being included in electronic library databases, where it is now read hundreds of thousands times annually. He was an exceptionally kind man with a vast knowledge of the region's history and cultures, which he always enjoyed
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Michael Collins Dunn descended from Henry Collins (1795–1860). Dunn received his doctorate from Georgetown University, from which he also received his BA and MA. He wrote his thesis on the
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Dunn learned Classical, Qur'anic and Modern Standard Arabic, as well as Egyptian and Tunisian dialects. He also studied French, Spanish, German, Hebrew, and
1196: 620:(including an "Editor's Note" for every issue between Volume 53:1 Winter 1999 and Volume 72:1 Winter 2018), Dr. Dunn published books and articles. 958: 484:. In 1998, he became editor of this oldest, quarterly, peer-reviewed scholar publication about the Middle East in the United States. 158:(September 17, 1947 – March 20, 2023) was an American scholar specializing in the Egypt; security, military, and energy affairs; and 1201: 1186: 491:, a newsletter on political and security intelligence of the Middle East and East Asia, which occasionally published a four-page 469:
Dunn was both an academic and a professional. As academic, he was a professor and lecturer at numerous universities, including
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at Georgetown University (1983–1991) . As professional, he consulted to oil and defense companies.
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In 1993, Dunn married Tamar Ann Mehuron, who earned an MA in Middle East Studies from the
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In addition to two decades of editing and publishing of scores of quarterly issues of
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Renaissance or radicalism ? Political islam. The case of Tunisia's al-Nahda
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Renaissance or radicalism ? Political islam. The case of Tunisia's al-Nahda
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into the digital age by facilitation its availability on platforms like
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For nearly 20 years, Dr. Michael Collins Dunn had been at the helm of
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In 1981, Dunn started contributing more than a dozen book reviews to
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Upon his retirement in 2018, succeeding editor Jacob Passel wrote:
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Kurdish Identity: Human Rights and Political Status
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Michael Collins Dunn died age 75 on March 20, 2023.
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Kurdish Identity: Human Rights and Political Status
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Index

Middle East Journal
Alma mater
Georgetown University
Thesis
The Struggle for Abbasid Egypt
Islam
Middle East Journal
Middle East
Middle East Institute
Mamluk Sultanate
Michael Collins Dunn is located in Eurasia
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GOLDEN HORDE
EMPIRE
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ILKHANATE
DELHI
SULTANATE

YADAVAS
Tungus
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SAING

KHMER
BEYLIKS
BYZANTIUM
MUSCOVY
FRANCE
ENGLAND
SPAIN
MARINIDS
MALI
EMPIRE

MAMLUK
SULTANATE

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