What is Antoine Sfeir?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name =Antoine Sfeir | image =Portrait Antoine Sfeir.jpg | imagesize =200 | caption =Antoine Sfeir | birth_date ={{Birth date|1948|11|25}} | birth_place =[[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] | death_date ={{Death date and age|2018|10|01|1948|11|25}} | occupation =[[Journalist]] | nationality =[[France|French]]<br>[[Lebanon|Lebanese]] }} '''Antoine Sfeir''' (25 November 1948 – 1 October 2018) was a [[Lebanon|Franco-Lebanese]] journalist. Sfeir was the editor of the French journal ''[[:fr:Les Cahiers de l'Orient|Les Cahiers de l'Orient (Notebooks from the East)]]''. He was the president of the CERPO (Study and Research Center on the Middle East). He was a professor of international relations at the [[CELSA Paris|CELSA]] ([[Paris-Sorbonne University]]) school. Sfeir was also president of the ILERI international relations school (Institut Libre d'Etude des Relations Internationales).<ref>[http://www.capcampus.com/nomination-618/nomination-a-l-ileri-antoine-sfeir-nouveau-president-a31925.htm Nomination à l'ILERI : Antoine SFEIR, nouveau Président]</ref> Sfeir was made an Officer of the [[Legion of Honour]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Légion d'honneur : promotion du 14 juillet (II) |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2009/07/15/01016-20090715ARTFIG00210-legion-d-honneur-promotion-du-14-juillet-ii-.php |access-date=1 October 2018 |work=FIGARO |date=15 July 2009 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> He died on 1 October 2018, aged 69.<ref>[https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/10/01/antoine-sfeir-specialiste-du-monde-arabe-et-musulman-est-mort_5362599_3382.html Antoine Sfeir, politologue spécialisé dans le monde arabe et musulman, est mort]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Steif, Antoine}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:People from Beirut]] [[Category:French journalists]] [[Category:Lebanese journalists]] [[Catego