Patron in Chief

Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC, Governor of New South Wales

Deputy Patrons

The Hon. Bob Carr, former Premier of NSW

The Hon. John Joseph Aquilina, MP, Speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly

Mr Russell Grove, Clerk of the NSW Legislative Assembly

The Centre for Middle East and North African Studies is a centre within the Division of Humanities at Macquarie University. The Centre has an Advisory Board which meets quarterly and a Management Committee of nine, drawn from the Advisory Board, which meets monthly.

Board members

Professor Ahmad Shboul, Honorary Associate Professor of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Sydney.
Associate Professor Andrew Gillett, Australian, School of Ancient History, Macquarie University.
Anthony Khouri, Chairman, Group Chairman, Khouri Group of Companies (construction & development). Hon Consul General Bangladesh.
Mr Antony Loewenstein, Journalist and author.
Associate Professor Geoffrey Hawker, Head of School, Politics & International Relations, Macquarie University.
Mr Gus Zalami, graduate of Macquarie with extensive business activities in the Middle East.
Dr John Shepherd , Senior Lecturer Computer Science UNSW. Co-developer of ME politics online simulation.
Professor John Simons*, Dean of Faculty of Arts.
Ms Juliet Zora, Lewis Land Group of Companies.
Mr Karl Van Dyke, Manager, Museum of Ancient Cultures, Macquarie University.
Hon. Laurie Ferguson, MP, Member for Reid, Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services.
Professor Mary Spongberg*, Head of Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations.
Professor Michael Humphrey, Chair of the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, The University of Sydney.
Professor Peter Manning, Adjunct Professor of Journalism, UTS
Mr Phillip Eliason, Director, Philip Eliason and Associates.
Ms Robyn Maher, Independent Consultant
Hon. Tony Abbott, Federal Member for Warringah.

*ex officio board members