Saturday, August 14, 2010

Dr. Elias Rahbani: Lebanese musician

Comrade Talal sent me this: "You cite his claim of having received an honorary doctorate from Barrington University. Actually, the link you provide also mentions another honorary doctorate from the American University of Asturias. I googled it and found that it was closed by the Spanish government as an unaccredited /fraudulent enterprise.:

See the following entries under the above search:
and

The funny thing is that he got both phony doctorates in one ceremony that was held in Casino du Liban. I mean, what better place to receive phony honorary doctorates? I try to teach myself every day not to be surprised by anything, but life remains full of them.

Talal

PS: if two of the three doctorates are phony certificates from discredited enterprises, what does it say about the third doctorate and its parent institution?"