Background
Al-Marayati, Abid A. was born on October 14, 1931 in Baghdad, Iraq. Came to United States. 1949. Son of Amin Hussien and Badriah (Haj Ghazi) Al-M.
Al-Marayati, Abid A. was born on October 14, 1931 in Baghdad, Iraq. Came to United States. 1949. Son of Amin Hussien and Badriah (Haj Ghazi) Al-M.
Bachelor, Bradley University, 1952. Master of Arts, Bradley University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1959.
Instructor, U. Massachusetts, Boston, 1960-1962;
associate professor, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, 1962-1964;
associate professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1965-1968;
professor emeritus, U. Toledo, since 1968. Visiting professor Beijing Foreign Studies U., spring 1991. Lecturer Beijing U., Fudan U., Shanghai Institute for International Studies, Foreign Affairs College.
Guest lecturer universities in Australia and New Zealand, summer 1990. Commentator radio and television programs in the United States and abroad. Liaison officer United States Committee for United Nations U.
Panelist Middle East Institute Conference on the Middle East and theUN, 1965, Rocky Mountain Social Science Association, 1968, Bowling Green U., 1969, Peace Science Society, 1973, U. Houston, 1973. Consultant commission on international relations Group for Advancement of Psychiatry. Chairperson, panelist numerous annual meetings including International Studies Association, Duquesne History Foru, Comparative and International Education Society, Midwest Regional Meeting, Midwest Political Science Association, Middle East Studies Association, Academy Council on the United Nations Sys., since 1976.
Researcher, lecturer Soviet Academy Sciences and Internat.Rsch. and Exch. Board under the United States-The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Ednl. Exch. Program, summer 1974.
Member Democratic Organization. Trustee Toledo Council World Affairs. Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Association Student Education, World Association Former United Nations Interns and Fellows (board directors), Popular Culture Association, Midwest International Studies Association, Association for Advancement of Policy, American Cultural Association, Institute for Oriental Studies (Moscow and St. Petersburg), Arab Political Thought Forum (Jordan), Business Administration Association, Gulf Center for Strategic Studies (London), Institute for Psychiatry and Foreign Affairs, Group for Advancement of Psychiatry, American Political Science Association, International Studies Association, Middle East Studies Association North America, Middle East Institute, Academy Council on the United Nations Systems, Phi Kappa Phi.
1 child, Ghazi Daniel.