Makram joined Quantum Group in 2007 and is currently the Lead Consultant, Researcher and Analyst on a number of projects on the Middle East and the United States. His experience includes theoretical and practical applications on a wide array of topics and themes related to socioeconomic development, governance and reform in the region and beyond.
Rabah’s research interests focus on the modern Middle East, the modern history of Lebanon, the Lebanese Civil War and the role of memory in the reconciliation process. He is also the author of the groundbreaking book entitled, A Campus at War: Student Politics at the American University of Beirut 1967-1975 (Nelson Publications, 2009). Rabah is also a regular contributor to a number of regional and international publications on Middle Eastern political affairs.
He is a graduate of American University with a BA’03, MA’07 in History with a minor in Political Studies. Rabah also holds a PhD in History from Georgetown University (2016). Rabah, who has a law degree from the Lebanese University, is a history professor at the American University of Beirut and the Lebanese American University.