Osama Kadi – Personal profile / Tripod

Original address: http://frankmichigan.tripod.com/samkadi/

Date: Undated but the last entry is from 2002

Note from Point de Bascule: In this profile, Osama Kadi refers to himself as Sam Kadi. Beware that a Syrian moviemaker now living in the US is also named Sam Kadi.

Original title: Sam Kadi

Osama Kadi is the Editor of the Economics Section of the Calabrians Multicultural World Society Inc.  His writings focus on macroeconomics, the effects of globalization, economic development in the Middle East and world trade. 

Mr. Kadi is a contributing writer for La Voce Magazine in Montreal, Quebec.  He also serves as Assistant Editor for the magazine’s online website.  Mr. Kadi is also a freelance political correspondent for several newspapers and publications, including Al-Hayat (UK) and Al-Itihad (UAE). His coverage includes political, economic, social and educational news.

Osama Kadi is an Adjunct Lecturer for the Economics Department at the University of Michigan.  He is also the author of two books, The Anticipated Role of Islam and Looking for Better Morality in the Next Century.  

His other published work includes:

“Economic Crisis of the Gulf War” paper in the international Conference of the Iraqi Aggression on the State of Kuwait, April 2-6 1994,

“The Arabic Island & Gulf Studies” Magazine Quarterly, Kuwait.

“Arabic Debts and Import Inflation”, Al-Wahda Magazine, monthly vol.91, 1991, Morocco.

“Review of the report of development in the world 1992”, review in the Social Sciences magazine, Vol.23 no.1, 1995, Kuwait.

“Who reaps the benefits of the peace in the Middle East”, paper in the 1995 conference of the MESA, October 1995, Washington D.C.

“Peace Economic Summits: from Casablanca to Doha, The Economic Consequences” paper presented in the International Economic Conference on ” New Developments and Their Impact on Arab Economies” 305 June 1998 Tunis.

Mr.  Kadi was was selected for Who’s Who Marquis 2001 and 2002, and as host of a Detroit based radio talk show, also became the first Arab member of Michigan Broadcaster Association.  He is the founder and Vice-President of the Arab Community Acting Theater and the founder and President of the Thought and Education Club.  He is also a member of the United Nations Association, American Economic Association, American Sociological Association and the Academy of Polictical Science.