Dr. Mezran is the Director of the Center for American Studies in Rome and an adjunct professor of Middle East Studies at SAIS Bologna. He also teaches at John Cabot University in Rome. He was a visiting professor at the Libera Università per gli Studi Sociali in Rome in 2002 and a professional lecturer at SAIS in Washington D.C. in 2000. Professor Mezran is the author of numerous publications on the Middle East and North Africa, including: I Fratelli Musulmani nel mondo contemporaneo, with Massimo Campanini (2010); Panorama 2010 su scenari internazionali e di crisi with Nicola Pedde and Valter Cassar (2009); Arcipelago Islam, with Massimo Campanini (2007); Negotiation and Construction of National Identities (2007);Negotiating National Identity: the Case of North Africa (2002); "Between Europe and Islam: the Libyan legal system" in Legal Systems of the World. He holds a Ph.D. in international relations from Johns Hopkins University-SAIS. Please contact [email protected] to inquire about media appearances.