Charbel Barakat is a retired Colonel in the Lebanese Army.
He was born in South Lebanon in a house which had witnessed three successive generations of Village leaders (Moukhtars).
He lived in t...view moreCharbel Barakat is a retired Colonel in the Lebanese Army.
He was born in South Lebanon in a house which had witnessed three successive generations of Village leaders (Moukhtars).
He lived in the area for 40 years and therefore knows about the people and their problems and ambitions.
He graduated from the Lebanese Military Academy with a Masters in War and Military Science and obtained a Bachelor of Political Science degree from the University of Beirut.
He is particularly interested in History and Civilizations and has written many articles on these subjects.
Col. Barakat (Ret) has been invited twice to testify before the U.S. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on the Middle East and South Asia.
He writes articles on the Web and for some Arab language newspapers about the Middle East in general and Lebanon and Israel in particular.view less