Accession Inventory of the Fouad Ajami papers
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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Title: Fouad Ajami papers
Date (inclusive): 1933-2015
Collection Number: 2019C70
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Arabic and English
Physical Description:
37 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 6 card file boxes, 1 videocassette
(19 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, notes, printed matter, and audiovisual material relating to political conditions in the Middle East
and to U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Includes an edited version of Ajami's memoir, "When magic failed"
Creator:
Ajami, Fouad
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2019.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Fouad Ajami Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Processing Information
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Biographical note
Lebanese-American political scientist.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Middle East -- Politics and government
Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
box 1
George W. Bush, Letters from the White House, 2 passport, 1 visa
2000-2014
box 2
Letters from the White House, September 11 Terrorist Attacks 2001
2006-2007
box 5
Egypt, Iraq War
1933-1996
box 13
Libya, Pakistan, Palestine, Iraq
1988-2011
box 15
1982-1983, 1985-1989, 1991-1992, 1993-1999 (1998x2), 2000-2004 2005-2013
1982-2013
box 24
2001-2008
Scope and Contents
Includes printouts of Al-Kifah trial documents; articles by the International Crisis Group about Taliban propaganda and Afghanistan;
news article prinouts about Pakistan, terrorism, and the September 11 attack.
box 25
1997, 2001-2013
Scope and Contents
Includes printouts of the trial of Omar Abdel Rahman, et al.
box 26
1980s, 2008-2009
Scope and Contents
Includes printouts of declassified FBI files of Saddam Hussein interviews from 2004, correspondence with the Ditchley Foundation
box 27
1970s-1980s
Scope and Contents
Includes a photocopy of 'The Struggle for Syria' by Patrick Seale, personal notes about India, newspaper clippings and essays
written by Ali Mazrui
box 28
1977-1988, 1993-1994
Scope and Contents
Includes copy of manuscript 'Living Together Separately: Arabs and Jews in Contemporary Jerusalem' written by Michael Romann
and Alex Weingrod [1988],
box 29
2007-2010
Scope and Contents
Includes personal notes from the British Archives
box 30
1994-2009
Scope and Contents
Includes printouts of Fouad's articles and research proposals
box 31
1990-2009
Scope and Contents
Includes printouts of articles, as well asd newspaper clippings about Saudi Arabia, the September 11 attack and highjackers
box 32
1992-2011
Scope and Contents
Includes a prinout of a 1996 unclassified report from the Downing Assessment Task Force about USCENTCOM AOR and Khobar Towers,
printouts of articles about Saudi Arabia, personal notes, and newspaper clippings.
box 33
2002-2003, 2010
Scope and Contents
Includes printouts of articles and newspaper clippings on various subjects, such as Egypt and Muslims in US and Europe; information
about Dr. Ayman Zawahiri's work.
box 34
2005-2011
Scope and Contents
Includes personal notes, a Bradley Foundation 2005 Annual Report, and article reviews.
box 35
1981, 1990-2010
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings, research on the Lincoln assassination, printouts of articles from the LexisNexis databasa about
9/11 hijackers, a paper by Ghassane Salame about Lebanon
box 36
2001-2012
Scope and Contents
Includes research materials about Egypt.
box 37
1982-1984, 2006-2012
Scope and Contents
Includes research materials about Egypt.
box 38
1993-2014
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings and printouts of articles about Serbia and Bosnia, dated in the late 1990s; correspondence from
Henry A. Kissinger
box 39
1986-2012
Scope and Contents
Includes printouts of articles on subjects such as France and Algeria, Iran, and Lebanon.
box 40
1993-2005
Scope and Contents
Includes printouts of articles and newspaper clippings about Egypt.
box 41
1986-2012
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings about Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, book reviews of Ajami's work.
box 42
1986-2003
Scope and Contents
Includes transcripts of the 1998 Bin Laden Embassy Bombing Trail, photocopies of undated maps of Lebanon, and correspondence
from fans of his work.
box 43
1990-2013
Scope and Contents
Includes photocopies of declassified 1940s-1950s documents from the Department of State about Lebanon, research on Al-Qaeda,
documents about author Kaalil Hawi.
box 44
2008-2012
Scope and Contents
Includes research materials about Iran, Lebanon, and Syrua; and a copy of "The Asian Mystery Illustrated in the History, Religion,
and Present State of the Ansaireeh or Nusairis of Syria" by Samuel Lyde.
Audiovisual Material
Scope and Contents
Contains sixty-eight (68) VHS videorecordings and sixty-three (63) DVDs with technical restrictions.
Incremental Materials 2021
Scope and Contents
Includes a heavily edited manuscript titled, "When Magic Failed," one or two letters, a photograph of Ajami, and one VHS videocassette.
box 45
"When Magic Failed," manuscript notes
circa 2000
box MC31
"Bosnia - McNiel Lehrer"
undated
Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette
