july, 2019

04jul14:0017:00Panel Discussion: Political Islam Movements in the Post-Arab Uprising Period

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Event Description

Organized in partnership with the Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut, the panel looked at how ‘Political Islam’ movements and parties acted and reacted in response to the different challenges and opportunities created by the Arab uprisings. This included massive mobilization that induced leadership changes (Tunisia and Egypt), limited demonstrations with a reformist agenda (Morocco, Jordan and Kuwait) and bloody civil war (Syria and Yemen).

Themes:

  1. Studying political Islam phenomenon: Approaches and limitations.
  2. Ideological and structural adaptation of political Islam movements post-Arab uprisings: the example of the Ennahda Movement Party.
  3. The rise of political coalitions in an age of pragmatism: The case of Political Islam in post-Arab Spring Kuwait
  4. Transformation of political Islam in the post-Arab uprisings era: Prospects for the future.

Time

(Thursday) 14:00 - 17:00

Location

Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

Schedule

    • Day 1
    • 4 July 2019
    • 14:00 Introductory Remarks14:00 - 14:20Introductory RemarksSpeakers: Dr. Tarek Mitri

    • 14:00 Panel14:00 - 17:00Mohammad Affan, Co-chair of the Al Sharq Forum task force on Political Islam. Ezzeddine Abdelmoula, Manager of research at Al Jazeera Centre for Studies. Courtney Freer, fellow at MENA Programme, London School of Economics. Saif Al Din Abdul Fattah, Prof of Political Theory, Cairo University Moderator: Rudeynah Baalbaky, Program Coordinator at IFI

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...

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