Who Is She

Personal information

Diplomat, Writer
Abir Taha - Audi

Contact information / Work

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants
Beirut
Lebanon
Phone: 
961 1 333100
Fax: 
961 1 338556

Education

Education: 
  • PhD, Philosophy, 2022, Sorbonne University, France.
  • Postgraduate degree (Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies), Philosophy, 2004, Sorbonne University, France.
  • Master's degree, Political Sciences, 1998, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

Areas of expertise

Expertise: 
  • Diplomacy
  • Philosophy
  • Spirituality
Languages: 
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Arabic

Work history

Jobs: 
  • Consul General of Lebanon in New York and the Northeast, 2019-present.
  • Chief of Diplomatic Mission, 2016-2017, Embassy of Lebanon, Tokyo.
  • Diplomat, 2012-2016, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants in Lebanon.
  • Consul of Lebanon, 2002-2012, Lebanese Embassy in France.
  • First Secretary (diplomat), 2000-2001, Lebanese Mission to the United Nations in Geneva.

Honorary office and memberships

  • Member of the Alumni Association of the American University of Beirut.

Productions

Publications highlights: 

Books: 

  • Rousseau, le dernier bon sauvage, ou l’âme de la République (“Rousseau, the Last Good Savage, or the Soul of the Republic”) (Dr Taha’s PHD Thesis, Sorbonne University, Paris).  
  • Fallen Suns, Rising Stars - A Novel about Second Chances (Literary Talents - Amazon, New York, 2019).   
  • Twelve Resolutions for a Happy Life – A Manual of Happiness (Numen Press, Australia, 2015; second edition: Manticore Press, Australia, 2022).   
  • Verses of Light (Arktos, London, 2014).   
  • Defining Terrorism: The End of Double Standards - Towards a universal definition of terrorism (Arktos, London, 2014). The book was translated into Portuguese and published in Brazil.   
  • The Epic of Arya – In Search of the Sacred Light (Author House, USA, 2009; second edition: Arktos, London, 2016).   
  • Nietzsche, Prophet of Nazism: The Cult of the Superman (Author House, USA, 2005). The book was translated into Portuguese and published in Brazil.   
  • Le Dieu à Venir de Nietzsche, ou la Rédemption du Divin (Editions Connaissances et Savoirs, Paris, 2005). The book was translated into English under the title Nietzsche's Coming God, or the Redemption of the Divine, and published by Arktos in London in 2013. It was also translated into Spanish.