1. Ibrahim M Oweiss was an Egyptian-born American economist, international economic advisor, and professor of economics at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
10 Facts About Ibrahim Oweiss
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Ibrahim Oweiss has been a prominent faculty member who shaped generations of Georgetown students in economics, international affairs, and related fields, including US President Bill Clinton, who wrote the preface to Oweiss's memoir in 2011.
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Ibrahim Oweiss has advocated for greater international cooperation and mutual understanding among countries.
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Ibrahim Oweiss is often noted by students for his humanistic, optimistic approach and his emphasis on maintaining values in the midst of scholarship and economic development.
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Ibrahim Oweiss was Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics and taught at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar.
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Ibrahim Oweiss served as an economic advisor for several governments, multinational corporations, and individuals, in the United States and abroad.
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Ibrahim Oweiss was an advisor to US President Jimmy Carter and business magnate Armand Hammer.
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Ibrahim Oweiss was President of the Council on Egyptian-American Relations and the Association of Egyptian American Scholars, and a founding member of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University as well as the College of Commerce and Economics at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman.
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In February 2009, Ibrahim Oweiss spoke on "The Global Depression and the Gulf Economies" at the Georgetown Qatar Campus.
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Ibrahim Oweiss died in Bethesda, Maryland on November 27,2023, at the age of 92.