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Yourguy Hakim PhD
Youguy Hakim was born in Antioch Syria in 1910 and died in Clinton, Maryland at Southern maryland Hospital in December 1992. He was the son of Hanna and Barabara Hakim of Antioch Syria. When Antioch was given to to Turkey from Syria by the French in 1939, he went to Live in Damascus syria.

He learned to speak french at the french school in damascus. When he took the Bachalaurete exam in Syria as a high school student he was the number one student in all of syria and france. He was given an award by the Governer of France and studied Law at Damascus University. He then worked as a grain admistrtor for the Government in Quamishli. From there he joined the foreign service and worked in Brazil, Korea, East germany as the Syrian Ambassaor. His Last possion for the syrian government was as the Ambassador to the United Nations in New York.

It was while he was in New York that he was able to bring his Brother Arcadius Hakim, MD to the US. HIs brother had just graduated from University of Damascus with a Medical degree and then Yourguy Hakim helped him get a position at Massachusets Eye and Ear infirmary, an affiliate of Harvard University.

After a coup in Syria, Yourguy Hakim left the syrian foreign service and took up residence in Oxon Hill maryland where his brother Arcadius Hakim had been stationed while in the US Navy. Yourgey hakim then went on to get a PhD in islamic law at Geogetown Univesity. He wrote his Phd Thesis on the predestination in Islam.

Yourgey Hakim then went on to work at the Library of Congress in Washington DC as an expert on islamic law. He worked there until his death in December 1992. He wrote numerous books and scolarly articles while at the Library of Congress.

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