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Yoav Di-Capua is a Professor in the Department of History at the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on modern Arab thought, particularly exploring themes related to Islamic fundamentalism, existentialism, and the secular struggles associated with national liberation. He is the author of "Gatekeepers of the Arab Past: Historians and History Writing in Twentieth-Century Egypt," published by the University of California Press in 2009, and is currently working on a new book titled "Exit: Arab Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Decolonization," to be published by University of Chicago Press. Di-Capua has contributed to the academic community as a member of various editorial boards, including the Editorial Board of Middle East History Compass and Jama'a: Interdisciplinary Journal of the Study of the Middle East. His academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University (2004), an M.A. in History from Tel Aviv University (1999), and a B.A. from Hebrew University (1996).
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