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Scholars At Risk 2016 Global Congress Keynote

June 9, 2016

Recognizing the contributions of SAR institutional members and partners active in hosting scholars and other SAR-activities; featuring remarks by Melanie Adrian, Carleton University, and a keynote interview of Emad Shahin by Nathalie Des Rosiers. Prof. Shahin is a, visiting professor…

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Al Sharq Forum-Foreign Affairs: Sykes Picot At 100

June 3, 2016

A century ago, a secret agreement between France and Britain carved the Middle East into spheres of influence supervised by the two powers. The Sykes-Picot agreement hastily divided the territory of the former Ottoman empire into a map that did…

Interviews

Ennahda’s Congress Decision to Separate Islam and Politics

June 3, 2016

Al Sharq Forum is an independent think tank that seeks to implant the values of engagement, dialogue and democracy in Middle Eastern and North African countries and contribute to building a stable political future with economic prosperity.

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Islamic Political Thought after the Arab Spring

March 15, 2016

In the roughly two decades prior to the Arab Spring in 2011, Muslim clerics, intellectuals and political activists had developed frameworks for envisioning and explaining the relationship (actual and desired) between Islam, the state and society. These frameworks were often…

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Legal Restrictions on Thought & Expression in Pakistan, Egypt, Thailand, and Bahrain

March 14, 2016

Emad Shahin speaks about the state of academic freedoms and human rights in Egypt

Conferences

Egypt—The Death of the Public Sphere

December 17, 2015

Panel discussion held at the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) on November 22, 2015 in Denver, with the exiled Egyptian scholars Emad Shahin (currently at Georgetown University) and Amr Hamzawy (Visiting Scholar at Stanford University), followed…

Conferences

Post-political governance: Networks, cities, citizenship and micro politics

December 6, 2015

Emad Shahin, visiting Professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, talks about the elements that lead to change in the Middle East as the keynote speaker of the 4th Session of CAF 2015 annual Forum, entitled “Post-political governance: Networks,…

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Press Conference: Democracy on Death Row in Egypt

June 5, 2015

National Press Club, Washington DC June 5, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJoacZivoRE

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Orwellian Times in Egypt: A Conversation with Emad Shahin

June 1, 2015

Center for Middle East Studies Director Nader Hashemi hosts a discussion with Egyptian political scientist Emad Shahin, a recent Carnegie Centennial Visiting Fellow with the center. Professor Shahin discussed the current political situation in Egypt and commented on hi recent…

Interviews

Egypt’s Transformation, Before And After Morsi’s Fall

May 28, 2015

On Egypt, ISIS and America’s response with Tom Ashbrook. Source: Boston’s NPR News station

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