Issam Naaman

Issam Hussein Naaman (born April 2, 1942) is a Lebanese lawyer, politician, author, lecturer, and former Member of Parliament and Minister of Telecommunications.

Early life and education

Naaman was born April 2, 1942, in Sidon, Lebanon.^{[1][2][note 1]} He earned a BA in public administration in 1958, and an MA in political science in 1965, both from American University of Beirut (AUB). He received his Licence en droit (Bachelor of Law) in 1960, and an MA in public law in 1979, both from Lebanese University. In 1984, he completed a PhD in public law from Columbia Pacific University, San Rafael, California.^[2]

Career

Naaman has been an Attorney-at-Law since 1963. From 1975 to 1982, he was a member of the leadership of the Lebanese National Movement. From 1978 to 1988 he was a lecturer at the Faculty of Information, Lebanese University.^[1]

In 1992, he was elected to the Lebanese Parliament, and served until he was defeated in the 1996 elections. He served as Minister of Telecommunications in Prime Minister Salim Hoss's cabinet from 1998 to 2000.^[3][4][5] In 2005, he became a member of the "Third Force Movement".^[6]

Holocaust denial

According to the Anti-Defamation League, Naaman wrote in newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi, published in London on 22 April 1998:

Israel prospers and exists by right of the Holocaust lie and the Israeli government's policy of intentional exaggeration…the glue which holds the Jews together is the preservation of the memory of the Holocaust and the thousands of Jews who were destroyed in it ...^[7]

Publications

Naaman is the author of several books and political articles. His main books are:

• Naaman, Issam (1974). Ruʼyā Jadīdah Lil-qaḍīyah Al-ʻarabīyah رؤيا جديدة للقضية العربية [A New Vision Of The Arab Cause] (in Arabic). Beirut. OCLC 43219301. 
• —— (1979). إلى أين يسير لبنان؟ [Whither Lebanon?] (in Arabic). OCLC 404146585. 
• —— (1982). al-ʻArab wa-al-nafṭ wa-al-ʻālam العرب والنفط والعالم [Arabs Oil And The World] (in Arabic). OCLC 745120624. 
• —— (2001). al-ʻArab ʻalá muftaraq العرب على مفترق [Arabs At Crossroads] (in Arabic). Beirut. OCLC 52443376. 
• —— (2003). Hal yataghayyar al-ʻArab? هل يتغير العرب؟ [Do The Arabs Change?] (in Arabic). Beirut. OCLC 61247586. 
• —— (2007). Amīrikā wa-al-Islām wa-al-silāḥ al-nawawī أميركا والإسلام والسلاح النووي [America, Islam and Nuclear Weapons] (in Arabic). Beirut. OCLC 122330968. 

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External links

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