The AmericanUniversity of Beirut announced today the names of three Honorary Degree candidates who will receive honorary doctorates of humane letters in a ceremony in the Assembly Hall at noon on Commencement Day, June 26, 2010. Two of the honorands are active supporters of the rights of the Palestinian people—Professor Walid Khalidi and journalist Eric Rouleau; the other, Duraid Lahham, is a much-loved Syrian actor, who performed in socially committed ...