In 2009, IREX, an international research board, cited the daily as one of the major eleven papers published in Lebanon.
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In the U.S., the three main media development implementers are Internews, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), and International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX).
A recipient of numerous scholarly awards, including IREX and Fulbright fellowships, he has taught and lectured at Maimonides State Academy (Moscow), Duke University, the University of Kansas, Northwestern University, Princeton University, the University of Iowa, Grinnell College, and the Smithsonian.
In addition, he has received fellowships from- among others- the Institute for Advanced Studyl the Princeton Society of Fellows; the U.S. Fund for Peace; the International Research & Exchanges Board; the Ford Foundation, where he has a "'Dual Expertise Fellowship' in Soviet/East European and national security affairs".