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Mahmood Monshipouri After the Arab Spring: Transitions and crisis of governability

Mahmood Monshipouri, visiting associate professor, Middle Eastern Studies | 2/12/13 | Leave a comment

Regime transition often presents crises of governability, rooted in the turbulence that permeates political and social change. This is especially true of transitions born of violent uprising and which involve disruptions to the state and economy.  Even democratic transitions, which tend to produce legitimate authority and respect for the rule … More >

Nezar AlSayyad The rapid encroachment of an Islamic state in Egypt: A timeline

Nezar AlSayyad, professor of urban History and planning & chair, Center for Middle Eastern Studies | 1/7/13 | 4 comments

The election of Mohammed Morsi as Egypt’s first Islamist president, on June 24th, 2012, marked an important moment in the history of the country and promised to bring major change. In the past few months, as a popular uprising broke out against Morsi and his Islamization project, Egypt has inched … More >

Nezar AlSayyad The rise of a Pharaoh: The Arab Spring’s first dictator

Nezar AlSayyad, professor of urban History and planning & chair, Center for Middle Eastern Studies | 11/24/12 | 7 comments

Over the course of the past two years, the Arab World celebrated the fall of several of its most brutal dictators but last week it witnessed the meteoric rise of yet a new dictator, President Mohammed Morsi of Egypt.

While the world was occupied with celebrating the cessation of hostilities between … More >

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