Dr. Abdel-Wahab M. Elmessiri is Professor Emeritus of English and American Literature at Ain Shams University in Cairo. He also held the positions of Expert on Zionism at Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, Advisor on Cultural Affairs in the Office of Arab League at the United Nations, and Professor at King Saud University (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Kuwait University. In Arabic, Dr. Elmessiri is the author of numerous books and studies, among them are The Land of Promise (1977); The Palestinian Wedding (1982); The Encyclopedia of Zionist Concepts and Terminology (1975); Zionism, Nazism and the End of History (1996); The Encyclopedia of Jews, Judaism and Zionism, 8 Ves, (1999); Comprehensive and Partial Secularism, 2 Volumes, (2002 In Defense of Man (2004); and others.