Fadia Kiwan is a Lebanese political analyst and university professor.
Fadia Kiwan graduated from the Sorbonne, and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Paris I.
Kiwan is a Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Law & Political Science at St. Joseph University, Lebanon. She was also a Visiting Professor at IEP Lille from 2004 to 2005 and at IEP Toulouse from 2003 to 2004.
Fadia Kiwan has been a member of the Lebanese National Commission for UNESCO since 1991, and was President of the Commission from 2001 to 2004.
She was a member of the Inter-governmental Committee of Experts in Higher Education from 1991 to 1998, manager of a World Bank program for higher education reform and coordination with the labor market in Lebanon from 1995 to 1998, and coordinator of a UNDP/UNESCO program to strengthen higher education in Lebanon from 1995 to 1997.
From 1992 to 1995 she was also Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of National Education and Fine Arts, and from 1992 to 1995 Adviser to the Minister of Culture and Higher Education.
Fadia Kiwan has many publications, and has co-written the book “Le Liban aujourd’hui” with Ahmad Beydoun.