Democracy

A Conversation With a Scholar Who Has Been Sentenced to Death

June 19, 2016

Burton Bollag / 19 Jun 2016 MONTREAL—One of the most prominent targets of the Egyptian government’s crackdown on the academic community has been political scientist Emad El-Din Shahin. A professor of public policy at the American University in Cairo, he was…

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,…

Op-Eds

Partisans Without Parties

October 28, 2015

By Emad Shahin and Jeff Martini It is tempting to describe Egypt’s parliamentary elections, which started in mid-October and will continue through December 2, as history repeating itself. When the leading party list in 2015 is headed by a former military man and leading official…

Multimedia Library

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

Sentenced To Death In Egypt: One Man’s Hope For Democracy

May 21, 2015

Egypt’s Record-Breaking Death Sentence (VIDEO) – Huffington Post

Papers

Lessons Not Learned: Trading Democracy for Neoliberal Militarism in Egypt

September 5, 2014

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…

News

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…

Interviews

Interview with The Huffington Post #WorldBrief with @ASE March 28

March 28, 2014

#WorldBrief with @ASE March 28 (VIDEO) – Huffington Post

Op-Eds

Dear President Obama: Freedom and Democracy Must Come First in Egypt

March 28, 2014

Dear President Obama: As you embark this week on your visit to Saudi Arabia we write to you out of deep concern with regard to the policy of the United States and its allies in the region. Despite your assurances…

Op-Eds

Brutality, torture, rape: Egypt’s crisis will continue until military rule is dismantled

March 6, 2014

Ibrahim Mahlab’s new cabinet confirms that the country is falling apart under a corrupt and authoritarian police state. The world must help us Catherine Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy chief, has emphasised in her frequent statements on Egypt the importance…

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