Project on Middle East Political Science @ElliottSchoolGW, directed by Marc Lynch (@AbuAardvark).

Washington, D.C.
Joined April 2010
At our @APSAMENA Business Meeting, we'll also congratulate all our 2026 winners. We'll then team up with @POMEPS for a reception held from 7:30pm to 9:00pm in Hynes Convention Center, Room 205. Please join us Sept 4 - congrats again to all winners and newly elected members!
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@APSAMENA is thrilled to announce incoming Vice Chair @Tamyfakhoury and incoming Member-At-Large @AlsaadiSalam. Join us to welcome them and thank outgoing members @SarahElKazaz and @nerminallam at our Business Meeting: Friday, Sept 4 6:30pm - 7:30pm Hynes Conv Center, Rm 110
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The Dept of Political Science ps.au.dk @AarhusUni_int is inviting applications for assistant & associate professorships in #PoliticalScience, including #internationalrelations bit.ly/3OubdW1 bit.ly/3yQQtle #AcademicJobs #poliscijobs
I am hosting a webinar on May 9 at 11:00 am with Amr Adly and Nathan Brown, on their new book on #Egypt, “Lumbering State, Restless Society.” @LucanWay and @MMotaPrado will be commenting. If you are interested in attending, please register at uoft.me/modern-Egypt.
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Why does ethnic identity affect voting preferences? In our new article, online today at @PandRJournal, @MelaniCammett, Dominika Kruszewska, @samiatallah1 and I discuss different explanations for coethnic voting in Lebanon and other diverse polities /1 cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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New on Early View: Navigating welfare regimes in divided societies: Diversity and the quality of service delivery in Lebanon by @MelaniCammett and @aytugs onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Fascinating conversation with ⁦@dhnexon⁩ about Exit from Hegemony, the book he co-wrote w/ ⁦@CooleyOnEurasia⁩ Hosted by ⁦@abuaardvark⁩ . I liked the discussion of international ordering (as opposed to order - too static). ⁦@POMEPS⁩ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Qatar and the Gulf Crisis: Kristian Ulrichsen of the Baker Institute joins @abuaardvark on the podcast to talk about his book, which offers an authoritative study on the Qatari response to the economic blockade from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt pomeps.org/qatar-and-the-gul…
Qatar and the Gulf Crisis: Kristian Ulrichsen of the Baker Institute joins @abuaardvark on the podcast to talk about his book, which offers an authoritative study on the Qatari response to the economic blockade from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt pomeps.org/qatar-and-the-gul…
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Proud to have a very small part in this important resource on fieldwork in violence-affected contexts led by @jannisgrimm @kev_koehler @EllenMLust @ilyas_saliba @ischierenbeck w/ scholars & journalists whose ethical judgment I so respect @se_parkinson @ejbeals @DTRMasterson et al
📚 Just got my e-copy of ‘Safer Field Research in the Social Sciences’ by @jannisgrimm @kev_koehler Ellen M. Lust @ilyas_saliba @ischierenbeck, and w/ contributions from @franxstrax @alessandra_russ @ejbeals @MaraRevkin @se_parkinson and many more. So eager to read it!
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Definitely one of my favorite projects using the new legislative dataset is finally out. We explore the conditions under which female legislators are marginalized from prestigious committees in Arab parliaments @APSAMENA @UWMadisonLS @UW_GndrWomenSt @uwpolisci @GLD_Gothenburg
New article on Fast Track by @MarwaShalaby12 and Laila Elimam, “Women in Legislative Committees in Arab Parliaments,” now available: ingentaconnect.com/content/c…
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For Love of the Prophet: Noah Salomon of Carleton College joins @abuaardvark on the podcast to talk about his latest book which looks at the Republic of Sudan's twenty-five-year experiment with Islamic statehood pomeps.org/for-the-love-of-t…
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Winning Hearts and Votes: Steven Brooke of UW joins @abuaardvark on the podcast to talk about his new book, which looks at how and why non-state groups provide social services, with an empirical focus on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood pomeps.org/winning-hearts-an…
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Thank you to @POMEPS and @abuaardvark for putting on a fantastic virtual workshop to discuss exciting new work from @danaelkurd and Maro Youssef (and mine, too). This was really fun and engaging. Thanks to everyone who participated (@DrJSchwedler, @imhartshorn, Sherine Hafez).
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Check out Allison Hartnett et al.'s piece, "Drastic Measures: Coercive Enforcement and Economic Effects of Pandemic Suppression in Jordan" - included in our special issue - POMEPS Studies 39: The COVID-19 Pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa pomeps.org/drastic-measures-…
COVID and Gulf Foreign Policy - writes ⁦@elhamfakhro⁩ for ⁦@POMEPS⁩ pomeps.org/covid-and-gulf-fo…
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The Rule of Violence: Salwa Ismail of SOAS joins @abuaardvark on the podcast to talk about her new book-how the political prison and the massacre developed as apparatuses of govt, shaping Syrians' political subjectivities & structuring their interactions pomeps.org/the-rule-of-viole…
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Thanks to @POMEPS for organizing this and thanks to @abuaardvark @ariel_ahram @may_darwich @AndrewMLeber @RaslanIbrahim2 and Gregory Gause for all the great comments!
We were delighted to hold the 2nd @POMEPS MENA Politics Virtual Workshop yesterday. Thanks to Irene Constantini, Raslan Ibrahim, Andrew Leber for presenting, Gregory Gause, May Darwich and Ariel Ahram for commenting, and @abuaardvark for hosting!
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