Barbara Zollner

Barbara Zollner is a lecturer in Middle East politics in the Department of Politics, Birkbeck College, London. Her research focuses on Islamist politics, social movements, and parties in the Middle East and North Africa. She is the author of The Muslim Brotherhood: Hasan al-Hudaybi and Ideology (Routledge, 2008). http://www.bbk.ac.uk/politics/our-staff/academic/barbara-zollner

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Dr. Hala Helmy El-Said

Dr. El-Said is Egypt’s Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform. She currently leads the process of institutional and administrative reform along with the formulation of Egypt’s vision 2030. She was the first elected Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University and subsequently the Deputy President for Scientific Research and

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Luciano Zaccara

Luciano Zaccara is Research Assistant Professor in Gulf Politics at the Qatar University Gulf Studies Center.  Dr. Luciano Zaccara joined the Gulf Studies Center on Fall Semester, 2014. He ‎holds a Ph.D. in Arab and Islamic Studies from Autónoma University of Madrid and a BA ın Political Science from the National University of Rosarıo, Argentına. He

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Rasmus Alenius Boserup

Rasmus Alenius Boserup is a Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen (DIIS). He obtained his PhD in cultural history and Arabic studies from École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris and from the University of Copenhagen. His research focuses on power and politics in North Africa and the Middle

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Cinzia Bianco

  Cinzia Bianco is a Senior Analyst and researcher at Gulf State Analytics focused on the international relations, politics, and security of the Gulf region. After obtaining a Master’s degree in Middle East and Mediterranean Studies from King’s College London, she carried on a Research Fellowship in Oman, Qatar, the U.A.E., and Kuwait for the

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Giorgio Cafiero

Giorgio Cafiero is the CEO and founder of Gulf State Analytics, a geopolitical risk consultancy based in Washington, DC. His research interests include geopolitical and security trends in the Arabian Peninsula and the broader Middle East. Mr. Cafiero is a regular contributor to several publications including Al Monitor, The National Interest, and LobeLog. From 2014-2015,

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Muhammad Mansour

” shape=”square”]   Muhammad Mansour is a highly accomplished investigative journalist with more than ten-year, solid track record of producing high-quality print and online reports for international media outlets, including The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Times and Egypt Independent. He covers a broad range of topics related to Egyptian politics and global...

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Egypt Leads the Pack in Internet Censorship Across Middle East

Source: Atlantic Council Author(s): Elissa Miller Original Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/egypt-leads-the-pack-in-internet-censorship-across-the-middle-east Internet censorship around the world, including in the Middle East, is not a new phenomenon. Freedom of expression facilitated by the internet can pose a threat to authoritarian leaders around the world who seek to...

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