Charles Issawi (1916 - 2000) bụ onye Egypt a mụrụ na akụ na ụba na ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Middle East na Mahadum Columbia na Mahadum Princeton na United States. Roger Owen, A. J. Meyer Prọfesọ nke akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Middle East na Harvard, kwuru na Issawi, "bụ nna nke ọmụmụ nke akụkọ akụ na ụba nke oge a nke Middle East". [1]