Egypt’s Revolution Turned on its Head
Shahin, Emad “Egypt’s Revolution Turned on its Head”, Current History, December 2015.
Publications
Egypt and the Politics of Token Reforms
Abstract This paper discusses two main challenges the current regime in Egypt faces to realize stability in the short or medium term: its ability to reconstitute the political process to make it more inclusive and more participatory and its success…
Lessons Not Learned: Trading Democracy for Neoliberal Militarism in Egypt
Emad El-Din Shahin* Abstract Like his predecessors, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is reverting to the twin strategy of use of economic liberalization and coercion against religious extremism as devices to delay democratisation in Egypt. The report argues that past experience indicates…
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
Shahin, Emad El-Din, editor in chief, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics, 2014 Description: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics provides in-depth coverage of the political dimensions of Islam and the Muslim world. Developments in Muslim societies in the…
The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics
Editors: John L. Esposito and Emad El-Din Shahin Description: Over the past three decades, scholars, government analysts and terrorism experts have examined the relationship between Islam and politics. But specialists have tended to limit their analysis to a specific country…
The Egyptian Revolution: The Power of Mass Mobilization and the Spirit of Tahrir Square
Abstract This article examines the power of mass mobilization during the January 25 revolution in Egypt and analyzes how popular protests succeeded in toppling Mubarak’s regime in eighteen days. Because the Mubarak regime rested on three pillars—the security forces, the…
The Arab Spring and Western Policy Choices
Emad El-Din Shahin Of the several uprisings and pro-democracy revolutions sweeping through the Arab region, only two — Tunisia and Egypt — have been successful so far in toppling despotic rulers and embarking on a transitional process to establish a…
Political Islam: Does the U.S. Want to Engage Effectively?
Emad El-Din Shahin Three issues are vital to U.S. security in the Middle East and will define America’s future relations with the Muslim world: the peace process (in Palestine, as well as in Iraq and Afghanistan); the United States’ continued…
Islam with a Heart
Islam with a Heart[1] Emad El-Din Shahin “وما ارسلناك الا رحمة للعالمين” “We have Sent you but a Mercy to Humankind” Qur’an “إنما انا رحمة مهداة” “I am but a gift of Mercy” Prophet Muhammad “الناس صنفان : إما اخ…
