Emad Shahin

Emad Shahin

EMAD SHAHIN

Harvard University

Department of Government

Visiting Associate Professor (2006-2010)

1737 Cambridge Street (W) 617-384-9071

Cambridge, MA 02138 eshahin@gov.harvard.edu

EDUCATION


JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, SAIS, Washington, DC

Ph.D., International Relations, April 1989.

Dissertation Title: “The Restitution of Islam: A Comparative Study of the Islamic Movements in Contemporary Tunisia and Morocco.”
Areas of Concentration: International Relations, Comparative Politics, and Middle Eastern Studies.
M.A. Equivalency, International Economics, 1984

THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO, Egypt

M.A. Political Science, 1983
B.A. Political Science, minor in Economics, Highest Honors, 1980
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE


Harvard University, Department of Government

Visiting Associate Professor (Fall 2006-July 2010)

Courses: Comparative Politics and the Middle East; Globalization, Development, and the Middle East; Contemporary Political Islam; Contemporary Arab Political and Social Thought.

Nominated for the Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize, May 2007.
Kennedy School of Government, the Dubai Initiative.

Faculty Affiliate (June 2007-June 2008)

Harvard University, Department of Government

Visiting Associate Professor (Spring 2006)

Course: Contemporary Political Islam

Harvard University, Islamic Legal Studies Program

Visiting Scholar (Spring 2006)

Georgetown University, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies

Visiting Associate Professor (Fall 2005)

Courses: Comparative Governments of the Middle East; Post-Revolutionary Egypt
The American University in Cairo, Egypt, Political Science Department (09/98-Present)

Tenured Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator
Recipient of the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award for the Academic Year 2001-2002, AUC.

Courses taught:

Graduate: Comparative Theory, Comparative Politics and the Middle East, Middle East Politics, Islamic Protest Movements in the Middle East and North Africa, Contemporary Issues in Political Islam.

Undergraduate: Introduction to Political Science, Political Economy of the Middle East, Political Economy of North Africa, Comparative Governments of the Middle East, Comparative Developing Systems, Contemporary Political and Social Thought in the Modern Arab World, State and Society in North Africa, Political Islam in North Africa, Twentieth Century Egypt, Politics of the Arab Gulf States, Contemporary Political Islam.

George Washington University, Washington, DC, (01/98-6/98)

Professorial Lecturer, International Relations and Political Science

Courses taught:

Undergraduate: Culture and International Affairs.

Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco (01/96-12/97)

Assistant Professor, Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Science.

Courses taught:

Graduate: Muslim Societies and the West, Islamic Civilization, Political Science Module.
Undergraduate: Comparative Political Systems, International Relations, Introduction to the Study of Islamic Civilization, Contemporary World History.

George Washington University, Washington, DC. (Fall 94, Fall 95)

Professorial Lecturer, Comparative Politics and Political Science.

Courses taught:

Graduate: North African Governments and International Relations.
Undergraduate: Comparative Politics of the Middle East.

Research Assistant, The Middle Eastern Studies Department, The Johns Hopkins University, SAIS, Washington, DC. (1983-87)

Arabic Language Tutor for M.A. candidates at advanced level, The Johns Hopkins University, SAIS, Washington, DC. (1983-85)

Research Assistant, Political Science Department, The American University in Cairo, Egypt. (1982-83).

PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH


Books:

Political Ascent: Contemporary Islamic Movements in North Africa. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1998. Paperback edition.
Political Ascent: Contemporary Islamic Movements in North Africa. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1997. Hardcover edition.
Through Muslim Eyes: Muhammad Rashid Rida and the West. Herndon, VA: International Institute for Islamic Thought, 1993. Hardcover and paperback editions.
Brown, Nathan and Shahin, Emad, eds., Struggling for Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa (Routledge: Forthcoming).

Co-Author, Islam and Democracy: Toward an Effective Citizenship [in Arabic] (Street Law and Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, 2005).
Advisory Editor:

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World (Oxford University Press, forthcoming), John Esposito, Chief Editor.

North Africa Section Editor:

Modernist Islam: A Source Book , Kurzman, Charles, ed., (Oxford University Press, 2002).


Book Chapters and Articles

"Government," in Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought, eds. Gerhard Böwering, Patricia Crone, Wadad Kadi, Devin Stewart, and M. Qasim Zaman, Princeton University Press, in progress.

"Egypt," in Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought, eds. Gerhard Böwering, Patricia Crone, Wadad Kadi, Devin Stewart, and M. Qasim Zaman, Princeton University Press, in progress.

“Establishing Toleration in a Modern Islamic Polity: Contemporary Islamist Views,” in Creppell, Ingrid, Stephen Macedo, and Russel Hardin, eds, Toleration on Trial (Lexington Books, 2008).

"Political Parties in Egypt: Alive, but not Kicking," in Saad Eddin Ibrahim, ed., Political Parties in the Arab World (Praeger Publishers, submitted).

“Democratic Transformation in Egypt: Controlled Reforms…Frustrated Hopes,” in Brown, Nathan and Emad Shahin, eds., Struggling for Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa (Routledge, forthcoming).

“Egypt: The Year of the Elections and Elusive Political Reforms,” in the Mediterranean Yearbook Med.2006 (Barcelona: European Institute of the Mediterranean, 2006): 129-131.


“Egypt's Moment of Reform: A Reality or an Illusion?” in Emerson, Michael, ed., Democratization in the European Neighbourhood (Brussels: Center for European Policy Studies, 2005): 117-130; also available as CEPS Policy Brief, No. 78 (July 2005): 1-6.

“Political Islam: Ready for Engagement?” Working paper No. 3 (Madrid: FRIDE, February 2005).
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, ed. Philip Mattar (New York: Macmillan Reference, 2004):

"Belhadj, Ali;" Mourou, Abdelfattah;" Movement for Unity and Reform;" Nahnah, Mahfoud;" Sahnoun, Ahmed;" Soltani, Abdellatif;" "Salah, Ahmad Ben."

The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, John Esposito, ed., (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003).

Contributed twenty-two entries on: Amarah, Muhammad; Ashmawi, Muhammad Said; Bel Haj, Ali; Berbers; Cairo; al-Fustat; Ghazan Khan, Mahmud; Ibn Tulun; Islamic Jihad Community; Jabiri, Muhammad Abid; Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi; Magd, Kamal Abul; Mahmud II; Malik Bin Nabi; al-Maqrizi, Taqi al-Din; Nizam al-Mulk; Qarawiyin Mosque; al-Rawdah; Sharawi, Shaykh Muhammad Mutawali; Suleyman, Mawlay; Thaalibi, Abd al-Aziz; Yassin, Abd al-Salam.

“The Foreign Policy of the Islamic Salvation Front in Algeria,” Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, the Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding, Georgetown University, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Spring 2003): 121-143.
“Muhammad Rashid Rida: Renewal, Renewing, and Renewers,” in Kurzman, Charles, ed., Modernist Islam: A Source Book (Oxford University Press, 2002): 77-85.
“Rifa`a Rafi` al-Tahtawi: A Discourse on the Homeland,” in Kurzman, Charles, ed., Modernist Islam: A Source Book (Oxford University Press, 2002): 33-39.
“Ibn Badis: The Principles of Government in Islam,” in Kurzman, Charles, ed., Modernist Islam: A Source Book (Oxford University Press, 2002): 93-95.
In the above-mentioned book, I served as North Africa Section Editor and wrote six introductions for the chapters on Muhammad `Abduh, Qassim Amin, Khayr al-Din al-Tunsi, Muhammad Rashid Rida, Abd al-Hamid Ibn Badis, and Rifa`a al-Tahtawi, in Kurzman, Charles, ed., Modernist Islam: A Source Book (Oxford University Press, 2002): 31, 40, 50, 61, 77, and 93.
“Abd al-Razzaq al-Sanhuri,” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, John Esposito (ed.), Vol. 1 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995): 7-8.
“Abd al-Hamid Ibn Badis,” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, John Esposito (ed.), Vol. 2 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995): 161-162.
“Salafiyah,” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, John Esposito (ed.), Vol. 3 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995): 463-469.
“Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi,” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, John Esposito (ed.), Vol. 2 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995): 405-406).
“Muhammad Rashid Rida,” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, John Esposito (ed.), Vol. 3 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995): 410-412.
“Rashid al-Ghannoushi,” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, John Esposito (ed.), Vol. 3 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995): 60-61.
“Abbasi Madani,” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, John Esposito (ed.), Vol. 3 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995): 11-12.
“Secularism and Nationalism: The Political Discourse of Abd al-Salam Yassin,” in Islamism and Secularism in North Africa, John Rudey (ed.). New York: Saint Martin's, 1994, pp 167-86.

“Tunisia's Renaissance Party: The Rise and Repression of an Islamic Movement,” Middle East Insight, Vol. 11, No. 2 (January-February 1995), pp. 29-35.
“Under the Shadow of the Imam: Morocco's Diverse Islamic Movements,” Middle East Insight, Vol. 11, No. 2 (January-February 1995), pp. 40-45.
“Algeria: The Limits to Democracy,” Middle East Insight, Vol. 8, No. 6 (July-October, 1992), pp. 10-19.
“Islam, Democracy and The West: Ending the Cycle of Denial,” in Mona Abu al-Fadl (ed.), Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists, (Virginia: IIIT, 1993), pp. 495-501.

“Muhammad Rashid Rida's Perspectives on the West as Reflected in Al-Manar,” The Muslim World, Vol. 79, No. 2 (April, 1989), pp. 113-32.

Other Publications:

“Democratic Transformation in the Arab World: The Case of Egypt,” December 2003, posted on the Web for members of the Middle East Network Library, The Ronald W. Buckle Center for International Relations, University of California, Los Angeles and California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation.
“From Abeyant Democratization to Effective Democracy: Democracy in the MENA Region,” August 2003, Posted on the Web for members of the Middle East Network Library, The Ronald W. Buckle Center for International Relations, University of California, Los Angeles and California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation.
Participant, round table discussions, in Ahmad, Imad-Ad-Din and Ahmed Yousef, eds., Islam and the West: A Dialog (Virginia, American Muslim Foundation: UASR Publishing Group, 1998): 35-36, 53,-54, and 149.

“Algeria: A Time for Healing or More of the Same?” Muslim Politics Report (Council on Foreign Relations), No. 4 (November/December 1995), P. 5.
“While Algeria and Tunisia Become Less Stable, Morocco Gets Steadier,” The Washington Times (March 28, 1995).

“Egypt: The Need for a New Social Contract,” Inquiry (January 1993), pp. 36-7.
“US-Maghribi Relations”

Wrote a 19-page report for the Voice of America, Washington, DC., on the relations between the United States and the North African countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya ions. The material of this report was used for a series that the station aired on the issue. I also gave several interviews throughout this series to analyze the current state of relations between the US and North Africa. November 1995.

"The Islamic State," Summer Lectures Program at the Middle East Institute, The Middle East Institute Newsletter, Vol. 45, No. 5 (September 1994).


Internal Publications:

Shahin, Emad, ed., Studying Politics in a Multi-cultural Context: Readings and Notes, The American University in Cairo, 2002/2003.

Work in Progress:

Contemporary Arab and Muslim Political Thought: A Century of Debates
“Secularism and Religion in Contemporary Tunisia.”


“Democratic Transformation and Civic Education,” Center for Political Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Cairo University.


PUBLICATIONS IN ARABIC:
Co-author, [Islam and Democracy: Toward an Effective Citizenship] (Street Law and Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, 2005).

[Will Egypt Become a Democracy?], “Hal Tatahawal Misr Dimuqratiyya?,” Democracy Review (October 2005).

[Citizenship and the Islamic Trends in Egypt], in Arabic, Ola Abu Zaid and Heba Raouf, eds., Al-Muwatan al-Misriya wa Mustaqbal al-Dimuqratiya, 2 vols. (Cairo: Maktabat Dar Al-Shuruq al-Dawliya, 2005): 127-155.

“Tatawr al-Ru'ya al-Islamiya al-Haditha Iza' Israel: Muhammad Rashid Rida, Hassan al-Banna, and Sayyid Qutb,” in Nadia Mustafa, ed., Israel min al-Dakhil: Kharitat al-Waqi` wa Sinaruhat al-Mustaqbl (Cairo: Center for Political Studies and Research, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, 2003): 93-107.

[The Broader Middle East Initiative: A Reflection of Western Perspectives], “Mubadart al-Sharq al-Awsat al-Kabir: Asda al-Rua al-Gharbiya,” in Ummati fi al-Alam, Annual Report 2005.

[Moderate and Radical Islamic Movements], "Al-Tataruf wa al-I`tidal lada al-Haraka al-Islamiyya: al-Asbab, al-Dawafi`, wa al-In`ikasat" in Al-Harakat al-Islamiyya wa Atharuha fi al-Istiqrar al-Siyasi fi al-`Alam al-`Arabi [The Islamic Movements and their Impact on Political Stability in the Arab World] (UAE: Markaz al-Imarat li al-Dirasat wa al-Buhuth al-Istiratijiya, 2002): pp. 91-108.

[Debates of the Century: A Case Study of Egypt], “Min Hiwarat al-Qarn: Dirasat Halat Misr”, Ummati fi al-`Alam, Vol. 2 (Cairo: Dar al-Shuruq al-Dawliyya and the Civilization Center for Political Studies, 2002): 461-511.
[Middle Eastern Studies: The State of the Art] “Halat Dirasat al-Sharq al-Awsat,” in Mustafa, Nadia and Saif Eddin Abdelfattah, eds., Dawrat al-Manhajiyya al-Islamiyya fi al-Ulum al-Ijtimaiyya: 7/29-8/2, 2000 (Cairo: Markaz al-Hadara li al-Dirasat al-Siyassiya, 2002): pp. 118-141.

Two-full page interview in Akhbar al-Adab, No. 509 (April 13, 2003).

Participant, round table discussion, in Nadia Mustafa, ed., Al-Siyasa al-Amrikiya Tijah al-Islam: Bayna al-Abad al-Thaqafiya wa al-Abad al-Istratijiya (Cairo: Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Silsilat Hiwar al-Hadarat, 2002): 96-97, 136-137.

Review of Ilya Harik, Al-Dimuqratiya wa Tahadiyat al-Hadatha Bayn al-Sharq wa al-Qharb [Democracy and the Challenges of Modernity in the East and the West] (London: Dar al-Saqi, 2001): 413 pp, Al-Dimuqratiya, Vol. 3, No. 12 (October 2003): 217-220.

Review of Muhammad Imarah, Maalim al-Manhaj al-Islami, Herndon, VA: Al-Azhar Al-Sharif and Al-Mahad Al-Alami li Al-Fikr Al-Islami, 1991, in Islamiyyat al-Marifah, Vol. 1, No. 1 (June 1995), pp. 171-74.

CONFERENCES & PUBLIC LECTURES:

Panelist, "Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa-Where to Go from There?" Workshop at the Fifth Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy, Kiev, Ukraine, April 5-9, 2008.

Panelist, "Building Democracy Network under Authoritarianism: What is Possible?" Workshop at the Fifth Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy, Kiev, Ukraine, April 5-9, 2008.

Panelist, "Rule of Law and International Democracy Promotion in Islam," The Cross, The Crescent and the Ballot Box: Catholic and Islamic Dialogue on the Rule of Law and International Democracy Promotion, Conference organized by Centro Studi Americani, Rome, Italy, April 2-3, 2008.
Panelist, 2008 International Studies Symposium on Egypt, Beyond Myths: Dialogues on Contemporary Egypt, Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Canada, February 22, 2008

Guest Speaker, "The Politics of Democratization in Egypt," The CMES Director's Series, Harvard University, February 21, 2008.


Guest Speaker, "When Politics Lags Behind Economics: Economic reform and Political Stagnation in The UEA and Egypt," Harvard Business School, November 29, 2007.
Panelist, gave three presentations on "The Nature of the Challenge of Transition in the Middle East;" "Relevance of Easter European and African Transition Experiences to the Middle East;" and "Ingredients Necessary to Achieve Democratic Transition in the Middle East," Conference sponsored by the Council for a Community of Democracies, the International Center for Democratic Transition, The Center for Democracy & Election Management, and the Kawakibi Democracy Transition Center, Budapest, October 18-20, 2007

Guest Expert and Speaker, "Understanding Political Islamism and Engaging with Muslim Democrats ," The European Commission, Brussels, October 16, 2007.

Participant, The Second Assembly for Democracy and Political Reform in the Arab World, Doha, Qatar, May 27-29, 2007. Submitted a paper entitled, "A Council of Wise-men for Egypt's Democratic Transformation."
Guest Speaker, "Reflections on Arab Politics," in Arabic, The Faculty of Arabic Studies at Harvard, May 2, 2007.
Speaker, "Combating the Muslim Brothers: The Future of Political Reform in Egypt," The Middle East Initiative, Belfer Center, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, April 18, 2007.

Panelist, "Why is the Middle East Not Democratizing: Culture or Structure?" Conference on Transitions to Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa: Lessons from Other Regions, organized by the Council for a Community of Democracies, the American University, Washington, DC, March 9, 2007.
Panelist, "Political Islam and the European Neighborhood Policy: The Case of Egypt's Islamists," workshop organized by CEPS and FRIDE, Seville, November 24-25, 2006.
Guest Speaker, “The Future of Political Islam,” Sarah Lawrence College, April 24, 2006.
Discussant, "Evaluating International Efforts at Democracy Promotion: Concepts, Measurement and Causality," Workshop organized by CDDRL and FRIDE, Madrid, June 21-23, 2006.

Discussant, “Legal Reform in Morocco: Views of a Moroccan Feminist Dissident,” by Nadia Yassine, Panel organized by the Islamic Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School, April 14, 2006.

Participant, World Movement for Democracy, Istanbul, April 2-5, 2006.
Guest Speaker, “The Future of Democracy in Egypt,” Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, February 6, 2006.

Guest Speaker, “Will Egypt Become a Democracy? The 2005 Parliamentary Elections” Woodrow Wilson Center, December 9, 2005.

Speaker, “Democracy Promotion Organizations and Democracy in Egypt,” Egypt Experts Roundtable discussion (Round 2), National Endowment for Democracy (NED), December 9, 2005.

Panelist, “Egypt's Parliamentary Elections 2005: The Role of the Muslim Brothers,” Post-Elections Egypt, Carnegie Endowment, Washington DC, December 2, 2005.
Lecturer, “Political Reform in Egypt,” Center for Advance Proficiency in Arabic, Georgetown University, November 30, 2005.

Speaker, “Egypt's Elections and the Future of Democracy,” Egypt Experts Roundtable discussion (Round 1), National Endowment for Democracy (NED), November 29, 2005.
Panelist, “Government, NDP, Military: Agents or Opponents of Reform?” Conference on Prospects for Political Reform in Egypt, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, DC, October 28, 2005.
Panelist, “Political Reform in the Middle East,” Conference on Ideas and Strategies for Democracy in the Arab/Muslim World, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, October 28, 2005.

Guest Lecturer, with Professor Michael Hudson, “Comparative Theory and the Middle East,” in Professor Judith Tucker's course, MAAS 501, “Introduction to the Study of the Arab World,” September 26, CCAS, Washington DC.
Panelist, “Egypt: A Post-Electoral Assessment,” Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, September 12, 2005.

Online Discussant, “Egypt Holds First Multi-Candidate Presidential Elections,” Washington Post, September 7, 2005.

Participant, Workshop on Political Pluralism and Electoral Processes in the Broader Middle East and North Africa, organized by No Peace without Justice and Democracy Assistance Program, July 21-23, 2005, Venice, Italy.
Panelist, “Egypt's Moment of Reform,” Democracy and the Rule of Law, Center for European Policy Studies, Brussels, June 20-21, 2005.

Panelist, “The State of Democratization in Egypt: An Assessment,” Transatlantic Democracy Network, Conference organized by the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Brussels, May 25-26, 2005.

Panelist, “Managing EU Dialogue with Islamists,” Seminar on Europe and the Management of Cultural Dialogues, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, April 10, 2005.

Writers' Seminar, “Connecting Islam and Democracy,” Istanbul, March 29-April3, 2005.
Writers' Seminar, “Connecting Islam and Democracy,” Tunis, February 4-8, 2005.


Panelist, “Political Islam: Ready for Engagement,” Workshop on 'Barcelona+10,' and the European Neighborhood Policy, FRIDE, Madrid, January 14-16, 2005.

Participant Instructor, Seminar for Instructors of a Master in Euro-Mediterranean Affairs, Terni, Italy, September 22-25, 2004.

Panelist, "Citizenship and the Islamic Trends in Egypt," Annual Conference of the Center for Political Studies and Research, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, October, 2003.

Panelist, “State, Religion, and Politics in Tunisia," God's Rule and Cesar's Rule: Exploring the Spaces between Theocracy and Secularism, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, International Center for Human Sciences (UNESCO), Oreint Institut Beirut, and The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Jbeil, Lebanon, September 7-11, 2003.

Discussant, "A Criticism of Reform: The View of the Middle Generation in Egyptian Political Life;" and "Reform and Generational Change in Egypt: Where are the Elites," the Fifth Annual Conference, Center for the Study of the Developing Countries, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, April 22-24, 2003.

Panel Discussion, "Egyptian Perspectives on the Agendas of Globalization and Counter-Globalization: Post-Davos 2003," Center for Political Studies and Research, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, April 27, 2003.
Panelist, "Tatawr al-Ru'ya al-Islamiya al-Haditha Iza' Israel: Muhammad Rashid Rida, Hassan al-Banna, and Sayyid Qutb,” Israel min al-Dakhil: Kharitat al-Waqi` wa Sinaruhat al-Mustaqbl, Center for Political Studies and Research, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, submitted February 2003.

Panelist, Moderation and Extremism of the Islamic Movements,” MESA Annual Conference, November 23-26, 2002, Washington, DC. Panel included Professors Ilya Hariq and Louis Cantori.

Chair and Discussant, Regional Organizations and the Clash of Civilizations, Conference on Experiences in the Dialogue of Civilizations: A Reading in Models at the International, Regional, and Egyptian Levels, Program for Dialogue of Civilizations, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, October 30-31, 2002.

Lecturer, “New Trends in Middle Eastern Studies,” (to 60 graduate students), Political Science Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, April 22, 2002.

Panelist, "The Response of Arab Regimes to the Crisis in Palestine." A panel organized by the Political Science Department, AUC, April 9, 2002.
Discussant, "Modern Trends in Comparative Politics: The South as a Case Study," Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Cairo University, December 30, 2001.
Panel Organizer, "The Sources of Discontent in the Middle East: Arab and Islamic Discourses," MESA Annual Conference, Washington, DC, November 2001.
Panelist, "Implications of the Sept. 11 Attack for Egyptian Foreign Policy." A panel organized by the Political Science Department, AUC, September 24, 2001.
Panelist, “Extremist and Moderate Islamic Movements: Causes and Impact,” Conference on “The Islamic Movements and Their Impact on Political Stability in the Arab World,” The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi, May 20-21, 2001.

Panelist, “The Islamist Discourse on Civil Society and Democracy,” 7th Congress of the International Association of Middle Eastern Studies (IAMES), Free University of Berlin, Germany, 4-8 October, 2000.

Lecturer, “The State and Islam in Egypt,” lecture to faculty and students of development from the University of East London, April 14, 2000, AUC.
Lecturer, “Democracy in the Arab World,” lecture to Delegates to the 4th Training and Awareness Conference (TAC), February 24, 2000, AUC.
Panelist, “Islamic Movements in the Middle East: Transformation and Continuity,” MESA Annual Conference, Washington, DC, November 1999.
Chair, “Self-Understanding of the Modernist Islamic Movement, Circa 1840- 1940,” MESA Annual Conference, Washington, DC, November 1999.

Participant, “US National Security Strategy for the Year 2025,” Roundtable Discussion held by the National Security Study Group, Chaired by former Senator Gary Hart, Cairo, June 1, 1999.

Discussant, “Turkey and Iran: Internal Development and Foreign Policy implications,” Center for Political & Research Studies, Faculty of Econ. & Pol. Sci., Cairo University, May 10, 1999.

Lecturer, “Western Images of Islam,” Lecture to diplomats assigned abroad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cairo, Egypt, May 3, 1999.
Lecturer, “Western Imperialism and Colonialism: Impact on the Muslim World;” “Modernity and Islam;” “Islamic Revival: What it means;” “Global Politics and Islam;” “Elections in Algeria;” Samfrod University, Birmingham, Alabama, April 13-18, 1999.

Lecturer, “The Islamic Movements and Violence,” The American University in Cairo, Model Arab League, November 14, 1998.

Panelist, “A Comparative View of Islamic Movements in North Africa,” Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, MENA Conference, Aspects of Contemporary North Africa, April 3-5, 1998.

Lecturer, “The Muslim World at the Threshold of a New Century: Challenges and Prospects,” Al-Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco, May 13, 1997.

Lecturer, “Democracy and Islam,” Al-Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco, March 13, 1996

Discussant, “War-making, Peace-making, and State-making in the Middle East,” MESA Annual Conference, Washington, DC, December 1995.

Lecturer, “Algeria: An Assessment of the Current Situation,” Voice of America, Washington, DC, July 5, 1995.

Panelist, “Press Freedom in the Middle East,” National Press Club, Washington, DC, March 15, 1995.

Lecturer, “Modernist Perspectives on the Islamic State,” Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, March 13, 1995.
Lecturer, “Political Concepts and Practices in the Madinah State,” Law School, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco, December 1, 1994.
Lecturer, “Alternatives for Social and Economic Development in Algeria,” Society for International Development, Washington, DC, October 18,1994.
Panelist, “Democracy Debate Among Islamic Political Activists in North Africa,” US Foreign Policy in Africa, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, Sept. 12, 19, 26, Oct. 3, 1994.

Lecturer, “Islam and Politics,” The Institute of World Politics, Washington, DC, June 28, 1994.

Lecturer, “The Islamic State: Models and Nature,” The Middle East Institute, Washington, DC, June 21, 1994.

Lecturer, “Tunisia and Algeria: Current Issues and Future Challenges,” National Foreign Affairs Training Center, Foreign Service Institute, US Department of State, Arlington, VA, May 26, 1994.

Lecturer, “The Islamic Movements in North Africa: Approaches and Critiques,” The International Institute of Islamic Thought, VA, May 7-14, 1993.
Panelist, “Secularism and Nationalism: The Political Discourse of Abd al-Salam Yassin,” Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. Annual symposium on Islamism and Secularism in North Africa, Washington, DC, April 1-2, 1993.

Panelist, “Islam and Democracy,” Panelist, The 21 Annual Conference of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists, East Lansing, MI, Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 1992.
Panelist, “Rashid al-Ghannoushi and the Islamic Tendency Movement in Tunisia,” The Annual Meeting of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, Villanova University, May 18-19, 1990.

Lecturer, “Islam and Political Development in North Africa,” The Johns Hopkins University, SAIS, Washington, DC, Nov. 18, 1989.

MISCELLANEOUS

Founding Member, Network for Democrats in the Arab World, Casablanca, December 16-17, 2005.

Member, Steering Committee, Network for Democrats in the Arab World, since 2004.

Member, Steering Committee, Al-Kawakibi Center for Arab Partnership for Democracy, since 2005.

Member of the Middle East Research Center Selection Committee.

Consultant, The Smithsonian World, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. (11/86-4/87)

Provided consultation, research, and translation throughout the production of a one-hour cultural documentary entitled “Islam”, co-produced by WETA 26 and the Smithsonian.

Consultant, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC (Jan. 1987)

Reviewed and provided comments and suggestions for improving the script of an educational documentary entitled “Nations of the World.”

Cable News Network, (CNN), Washington, DC (Jan.7, 1989)

Speech Analyst/Interpreter. Interpreted and analyzed Qaddafi's press conference
Languages: Arabic, English, French (reading ability)

HONORS & GRANTS:

Research grant, the Dubai Initiative (DI), the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, to work in collaboration with the Dubai School of Government (DSG), May 2007-April 2008.
Nominated for the Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize, May 2007
Visiting Researcher Scholarship, Program for Islamic Legal Studies, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Spring semester 2006.
AUC Research Grant to conduct research in Beirut, Lebanon, August 2005.
The Parents Association Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for the Academic Year 2001-2002, AUC.
The American Institute of Maghrebi Studies Grant, July 85.
Granted full scholarship from The John Hopkins University, SAIS (84-87).
Honorary Presidential Scholarship, AUC (76-80); Dean's Honor Roll at AUC (76-80).