Alwaleed also created a Center for American Studies and Research at the American University of Beirut.

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Events in Lebanon could spin out of control, even if rival Lebanese groups don't want Syria's war to be exported to Lebanon, said Hilal Khashan, a political science professor at the American University of Beirut.

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Ramez Maluf is a professor of journalism at the Lebanese American University in Beirut.

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