EDUCATION

[2008-…] Public Policy and Management (Master of Science – Distance learning - on-going)
University of London – The Centre for Financial and Management Studies

[1996-1999] Oriental philology - research grants
Faculty of Philosophy and Literature (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
General Commission for International Relations (Belgium)
  • Focus on Semitic languages : Arabic, Hebrew, and others : Persian, Yiddish
  • Working paper : Three men in the Sun, by Ghassan Kanafani (an analysis of the fate of Palestinian refugees in the Near East)
  • Tunisia – Institut Bourguiba des Langues vivantes (1997-1998)
  • Israel – Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1998)
  • Egypt – Department of Arabic studies (1998-1999)
[1995-1996] Economics of LDCs (Master Degree – interrupted)
Faculty of economics (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
  • Focus: Economics of Less Developed Countries – socio-economic analysis of Middle East and South Asia (India esp.)
[1991-1995] BA in Journalism
Facyulty of philosophy and Literature (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
  • Focus on Political and cultural journalism
  • Thesis: Manufacturing Myths : Mass Media and the myth of Hobo (magna cum laude)