د. تيسير نجم الدين الناشف

About the Book

This book is a collection of descriptive and analytical articles. These, which were recently written, deal with socio-political developments at the local, regional and global levels. It is the view of the author that forward or backward change is caused by seen and unseen dynamic socio-political, cultural, psychological and ideological factors, that full-freedom is fiction, that politics is a major driving force in society, and that, to improve human relations, there is a need for better communication between cultures. Dynamics of change implies that all factors are relevant in the explanation of events and developments.
   The author maintains that reality is wider than explanation and that, in order to help in the achievement of peaceful existence, there is a need to narrow socio-economic gaps nationally and internationally.
     The author maintains that, in order for peoples to know their miserable reality, they need to deal with reality frankly, honestly and directly. It is very difficult to achieve progress and awakening without democratization and the establishment justice and civil society.

About the Author

The author, Taysir Najm Nashif, was born in the village (later, city) of Tayyiba, in the Holy Land. He earned a B.A. degree in political science and Arabic language and literature from the University of Jerusalem, and an M.A. degree in Middle Eastern studies from the University of Toronto, Canada. In 1974, he earned a Ph.D. degree in political science from the State University of New York at Binghamton.

He served as an assistant professor at the Department of Sociology of the University of Oran, Algeria, an assistant professor of Arabic language and literature at Temple University, and associate professor in the same field at Mercer County College, West Windsor. He also served as an English-Arabic translator and reviser and, later, as chief of the Arabic Verbatim Reporting Section at the United Nations, New York.

Nashif' was or is a member in several professional associations, including the Middle East Studies Association, Association of Third World Studies and the American Political Science Association. A number of Nashif's books and Articles, in both Arabic and English, dealing with cultural and political change, were published. Titles of three of his published books are: Society, Intellectuals and Cultural Change in the Developing Countries, The Palestine Arab and Jewish Political Leadership under the British Mandate: a Comparative Study, Social Justice and Intellectual Suppression.