Advisory Board We are very pleased to announce the formation of our Advisory Board and to announce that Cemal Kafadar, Fouad Makhzoumi, Richard Murphy '51, Essam Al-Tamimi LL.M. '84, and Ahmed Zaki Yamani LL.M. '56 have agreed to serve on the Board.   The Executive Board will consult with members of the Advisory Board regarding the initiatives we pursue. Advisory Board members are appointed by the Executive Board and will serve on the Board for three year terms.     Cemal Kafadar  Cemal Kafadar is Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies and former Director for the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. Kafadar is interested in the social and cultural history of the Middle East and Southeastern Europe in the early modern era. He teaches seminars on archival research and on popular culture. Professor Kafadar's acclaimed 1996 book, Between Two Worlds: The Construction of the Ottoman State, addresses debates about the founding of the Ottoman empire. Previously, Kafadar authored The Ottomans and Europe 1400-1600.   Professor Kafadar, who joined the Department of History in 1990, was born in Istanbul. He received a bachelor's degree from Hamilton College and a doctorate in Islamic studies from McGill University.   Fouad Makhzoumi  Fouad Makhzoumi has been extensively involved in Middle East development projects. Mr. Makhzoumi served as the President of the International Desalination Association (IDA) between 1995 and 1997, and is currently the Controller of the Association. He served as Vice Chairman of the Institute for Social and Economic Policy in the Middle East at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, between 1995 and 1998 and has served as member of the International Board of the “Council on Foreign Relations –US/Middle East Project”, since 1996.   Mr. Makhzoumi was born in Beirut, Lebanon. He received his undergraduate degree and masters degrees in chemical engineering from Michigan Technological University in the US. He is currently Chairman and President of Future Pipe Industries, a global pipe manufacturing company headquartered in Dubai and employing 3,500 people.   Richard W. Murphy  Retiring from government service in 1989, Mr. Murphy joined the Council on Foreign Relations in New York as the Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for the Middle East. Mr. Murphy is a trustee of the American University of Beirut, on the Board of the Near East Foundation and Chairman of the Middle East Institute in Washington.   Essam Al Tamimi  Essam Al Tamimi is a native of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. He received his LL.B. from Al Ain University, UAE, in 1983 and his LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 1984. Tamimi founded Al Tamimi & Company in 1989 after working for six years with the British law firm of Clifford Chance in their London and Dubai offices. He began publishing the firm's monthly newsletter, "Law Update", in 1991, and continues to write articles for international legal publications on a regular basis. In addition, he is a frequent speaker at local and international conferences and seminars and has published a handbook for business people new to the Emirates entitled "Setting Up In Dubai."   Ahmed Zaki Yamani  Ahmed Zaki Yamani has been a prominent Saudi politician, lawyer and intellectual. He served as Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources between 1962 and 1986. He studied at Cairo, New York, and Harvard (LL.M. '56) universities. Yamani served as the first Secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and is regarded as the architect of many of the Kingdom's modern laws and regulations.