Guest: Assaf Kfoury is a mathematician, computer scientist, and political activist. An Arab American of Lebanese-Palestinian background who grew up in Beirut and Cairo. Currently, he is a Professor of Computer Science at Boston University. He recently wrote Hamas: From Candidate Enforcer to Implacable Foe published by the International Union of Scientists.

He is editor of Inside Lebanon: Journey to a Shattered Land with Noam Chomsky and Carol Chomsky. He acted as translator for Noam Chomsky in their visits to the region, which included meetings with Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

Photo: Fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah carried out a training exercise in South Lebanon in 2023. Tasnim News Agency on Wikimedia.

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