[2] Sami Moubayed, a native of Damascus, studied at the Faculty of Political Science at the American University of Beirut (AUB).

Moubayed, obtained his PhD in Middle East Studies from the University of Exeter, specializing in the founding years of the Syrian Republic.

In 2000, Moubayed joined the Arab Political Document Center at AUB and worked as a journalist with Beirut-based The Daily Star.

[3] Between 2005 and 2011, Moubayed taught at the Faculty of International Relations at the University of Kalamoon in Deir Atiyah, 88-km north of the capital Damascus, while serving on its Board of Trustees.

He is the author of several books on modern Syria, including: In 2015, he compiled the correspondences of Syrian nationalist Abdul Rahman Shahbandar and Prime Minister Hasan al-Hakim, originally written during the years 1926–1936.