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Egyptian policy expert Emad Shahin at Vassar | Hudson Valley Almanac Weekly

November 14, 2014

Posted by Frances Marion Platt on November 11, 2014 If someone asked you to name the three greatest civilizations of the ancient world, you would probably cite the Egyptians, the Greeks and the Romans – and you would probably think of them…

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Egyptian scholar Emad Shahin to discuss “The Middle East Beyond the Arab Spring”

October 23, 2014

Internationally renowned Egyptian political scientist Emad Shahin will deliver a lecture, “The Middle East Beyond the Arab Spring.” His talk will focus on the political climate of the Middle East since the ousting of Hosni Mubarak in 2011. “The cycle of…

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Reflections on the Post Arab Spring Era

September 17, 2014

Dr. Emad Shahin, explained how instead of being driven by classical revolutionary models with an overarching political ideology and a vanguard party, protesters during the Arab Spring took pride in the movements’ transcendent nature and pluralistic leadership. Dr. Shahin argued…

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Dr Shahin awarded IIIT Distinguished Scholar Award

September 17, 2014

Dr. Emad Shahin was honored for his prolific academic and intellectual life. He is currently on leave from the American University of Cairo and a Visiting Professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Columbia…

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A Crystal Ball to Egypt’s Future

September 1, 2014

WRMEA, September 2014, Page 70 A June 16 event hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC examined developments in Egypt. Speakers were Wilson Center scholars Emad Shahin, public policy professor at the American University in Cairo, and Marina…

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Academy of Science of South Africa Newsletter

July 7, 2014

On the occasion of the 11th biennial meeting of the International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies, hosted in May 2014 by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle, human rights abuses perpetrated against scientific colleagues…

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Georgetown Conference Examines Egypt’s Struggle for Democracy

May 1, 2014

WRMEA, May 2014, Pages 59-60 Georgetown University’s Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding hosted a day-long conference in Washington, DC on Jan. 29 to discuss “Egypt and the Struggle for Democracy.” Throughout the day, panelists had harsh words for…

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Egypt protesters in standoff with military rulers – Wednesday 23 November

November 23, 2011

8.15pm GMT / 3.15pm EST: Some of the tear gas being used in Tahrir Square could have been manufactured as long ago as 1985, according to photos taken by Emad El-Din Shahin, a professor at the University of Notre Dame,…

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“The Professor of Persuasion” AUC Today

September 1, 2006

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