Pluriel

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Lucciano Zaccara

Research Assistant Professor in Gulf Politics at the Qatar University, Gulf Studies Center. Also a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Georgetown University in Qatar, and Director of the Observatory on Politics and Elections in the Arab and Muslim World in Spain.

BA in Political Science from Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina, and a PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain. Post-doctoral fellow at Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona; Visiting Researcher at Exeter University, Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies; and a Visiting Researcher at Princeton University, Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies.

Research interests: Iranian Politics and Foreign Policy; Gulf Politics; International Relations in the Persian Gulf; and Electoral Systems in the MENA region.
Latest publication: Foreign Policy of Iran under President Hassan Rouhani’s First Term (2013–2017)”, Zaccara, Luciano (Ed.), Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.

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Universidad Pontificia Comillas - Spain

HIWAR – Building bridges with Islam (Madrid)

Project HIWAR was conceived on the grounds of a group of researchers from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas that had the committed dedication to converse, get closer to and build bridges with Islam. Making the most of the experience of inter-religious dialogue that the Society of Jesus has been developing from General Congregation 34, this group aims to deepen the experience involved in sharing those values that unite us with other religious denominations in general and in particular with Islam.

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