Abdul Fattah AmmourahAbdul Fattah Ammourah has been Professor, Vice Dean, Founder and Executive Director of the Centre for Middle East Studies (CMES) at the Jindal School of International Affairs since 2015. He served as a career diplomat in the Syrian Arab Republic for ver thirty-five years and retired from the position of Deputy to the Syrian Foreign Minister. He also holds a doctorate in linguistics and translation of political discourse from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Over his academic and professional career, he has been involved with translation at events such as the Madrid Peace Conference and Syria-Israel peace negotiations, which enabled him to gain comprehensive knowledge and experience with diplomacy, international relations, international law, and negotiation. He is the author of The Middle East and the Language of Politics and Media Between Truth and Scandals, and co-author of Analysing Theories of International Politics and Foreign Policy: Repercussions on the Middle East. Read More Read Less