Vintage Oil on Canvas Portrait of Fayez Sayegh. In frame 30"x37"x1.5". Weight 10 pds. Fayez Sayegh (1922–1980) was a Palestinian-American diplomat, scholar and teacher. In 1949, he earned his Ph.D. in philosophy, with a minor in political science, from Georgetown University. After receiving his degree, Sayegh worked for the Lebanese Embassy in Washington DC. He also worked at the United Nations. He taught at a number of universities, including Yale, Stanford, Macalaster College, as well as at his alma mater AUB and at the University of Oxford. Sayegh founded the Palestine Research Center in Beirut in 1965 and served as its Director-General. In that same year, the center published his historical study entitled Zionist Colonialism in Palestine.He also made several appearances on American television as a commentator on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.[

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