Abdel-Rahman Ayas

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rdf:langString Abdel-Rahman Ayas (born 22 February 1968 in Beirut) is a Lebanese researcher, writer, journalist and translator. He finished elementary studies at the , intermediate and secondary studies at the Beirut Baptist School, and graduate studies at the American University of Beirut. He worked in many newspapers and magazines, in both Arabic and English, including , , The Daily Star (Lebanon), and Al-Hayat. He chairs the Department of Economics in Al-Hayat since 2010; he joined the newspaper as an economic writer in 2005. His translations include by the British journalist David Hirst (journalist), which tells the story of the Palestinian cause, and by the American economist Joseph Stiglitz, which tells the story of the short-lived boom in the United States during the second half of the 1990s. He also translated by the British economist Mark Blyth, which tells the story of the Financial crisis of 2007–08. He has other writings, research and translations.