Mansour Ajami earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from the American University of Beirut and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Author of The Book of Generations: A Reunion with Memory, he...view moreMansour Ajami earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from the American University of Beirut and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Author of The Book of Generations: A Reunion with Memory, he currently works as a translator at the United Nations in New York. He lives with his family in Princeton, New Jersey.view less