Philip Khuri Hitti

Philip Khuri Hitti

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Lebanese-American professor (1886–1978)

About Philip Khuri Hitti

Philip Khuri Hitti was a Lebanese-American professor and scholar at Princeton and Harvard University, and authority on Arab and Middle Eastern history, Islam, and Semitic languages. He almost single-handedly created the discipline of Arabic studies in the United States. His grandniece was Christa McAuliffe, who was killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in January 1986.

Notable works:

History of the Arabs

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