Speakers for this event

• Mohammad Affan

  Mohammad Affan

  Training Director at Al-Sharq Forum

  Mohammad Affan is the Training Director at Al-Sharq Forum. A medical doctor by training, Affan obtained his MA degree in Political Science from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at the American University of Cairo (2015). He also holds three post-graduate diplomas: One in “Civil Society and Human Rights”, from the Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences at Cairo University (2010), another one in Political Research and Studies from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies at the Arab League (2012), and the third diploma in Islamic Studies from the Higher Institute for Islamic Studies in Cairo (2012). Among his publications is his book titled: “Wahhabism and the Brotherhood: the conflict on the concept of the state and the legitimacy of power.” Affan is currently pursuing his PhD in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the Exeter Univesity in the UK. His research interests include, Islamism, State-Theory, and Comparative MENA Studies.

  Training Director at Al-Sharq Forum

• Dr. Tarek Mitri

  Dr. Tarek Mitri

  Director of Issam Fares Institute

  Director of Issam Fares Institute

• Ezzeddine Abdelmoula

  Ezzeddine Abdelmoula

  Manager of Research at Al Jazeera Centre for Studies

  Ezzeddine Abdelmoula is the Manager of Research at Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, Abdelmoula holds a PhD in politics from Exeter University, a Masters of International politics from SOAS and a Masters of political philosophy from La Sorbonne, Paris. He edited and translated books and contributed research papers and book chapters including “Al-Jazeera & Televised Revolution” in Routledge Handbook of the Arab Spring (2014). His recent book, “Al Jazeera and Democratization: the Rise of Arab Public Sphere” appeared in 2015

  Manager of Research at Al Jazeera Centre...

• Courtney Freer

  Courtney Freer

  Research Officer at Kuwait Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science

  Courtney Freer is a Research Officer at the Kuwait Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her work focuses on the domestic politics of the Arab Gulf states, with a particular focus on Islamism and tribalism. Her DPhil thesis at Oxford University revised rentier state theory by examining the socio-political role played by Muslim Brotherhood groups in Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE. She previously worked as a Research Assistant at the Brookings Doha Center.

  Research Officer at Kuwait Programme at ...

• Seif al-Din Abdul Fattah

  Seif al-Din Abdul Fattah

  Professor of Islamic Sciences at Cairo University

  professor of Islamic Sciences at Cairo University

  Professor of Islamic Sciences at Cairo U...

• Rudayna Baalbaky

  Rudayna Baalbaky

  IFI, Arab and International Affairs Program Coordinator

  Rudayna Baalbaky is the coordinator of the Arab and International Affairs Program at AUB’s Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs. She holds an MA in Political Science (Comparative Politics) from the Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth.

  IFI, Arab and International Affairs Prog...