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in Ohio, and later served as Dean of
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Importance of Specialized Professional Training for Developing Countries," Electronics in a Developing World, Philips, 1982, 25-30.
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English Language and Non-Native Writers of Fiction," International Journal of Arabic-English Studies, Vol. 5, 2004, 59-92.
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