Organizations and Local NGOs (with L. Taber, 2005) (Arabic and English); Pouvoir et associations dans le monde arabe (Edited with S. Bennéfissa, 2002) (Paris:CNRS). Selected journal articles Position and membership in professional associations 2018— (President) International Sociological Association 2017— : (Member, International Advisory Council) World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES) 2017— : (Member) French Sociological Association 2016— : (Founding member and vice-president) Syrian Sociological Association. 2016— : (Board member) Palestinian Sociological and Anthropological Association. 2015—2017: (Vice president) Arab Council for the Social Sciences. 2014— (Vice president) International Sociological Association (ISA) 2013— (Advisory committee member) The Arab Social Science Monitor (ASSM), ACSS 2013— (Board member) Arab Council for the Social Sciences. 2011— (Member of the International Board of Consulting Editors) International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2010—2014: (Member of the executive committee) International Sociological Association (ISA) 2010—2012 : (Member of Comité de suivi) l' Institut français du Proche-Orient (IFPO) 2008—2016: (Member of the Executive Bureau) Arab Association of Sociology. 2005—: (Member) Lebanese Association of Sociology. 1994— : (Member) International Sociological Association. References External links Sari Hanafi official website at the American University of Beirut Academic staff of the American University of Beirut Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Syrian sociologists Damascus University alumni University of Strasbourg alumni School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences alumni Presidents of the International Sociological Association