Sherif Maher Hassan

Sherif Maher Hassan is a Yousef Jameel PhD. scholar at the Center of Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS), Middle East Economics Department, Philipps-Universität-Marburg, Germany and an Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Commerce, Economics Department, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt. He received his M.A in Economics from Philipps-Universität in April 2014 and another joint M.Sc. from

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Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

Mohammad Reza Farzanegan is Professor of Economics of the Middle East and Chair of the Research Group at the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) of the Philipps-University of Marburg in Germany. He is the program director for the International Master’s program in Economics of the Middle East in Marburg. He currently manages

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Bahgat Korany

Bahgat Korany is the Director of AUC Forum and also a professor of international relations and political economy at The American University in Cairo (AUC). He is an honorary professor at the University of Montreal and, since 1994, has been an elected member of Canada’s Royal Society. He is the first political scientist not born

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Michael Hochberg

Michael Hochberg is a management consultant in the Global Energy & Utilities practice of PA Consulting Group, where he provides regulatory, investment and business strategy support to power sector clients including utilities and independent power producers. Prior to consulting, Michael worked at the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, where he assisted with...

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Amr El-Shokabi

Amr El-Shobaki is a former member of the Egyptian parliament. He is the author of a number of books and articles, including Les Frères Musulmans des Origines à Nos Jours (Khartala, 2009); The Crisis of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt (al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, 2008); and Islamists and Democrats: The Problems of

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Geoffrey Aronson

Geoffrey Aronson writes about Middle East affairs. He consults with a variety of public and private institutions dealing with regional political, security, and development issues. He has advised the World Bank on Israel’s disengagement and has worked for the European Union Coordinating Office for the Palestinian Police Support mission to the West Bank and Gaza.

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Maria Golia

Maria Golia, an American writer, has lived in downtown Cairo for over two decades. She is the author of Cairo, City of Sand and Photography and Egypt (Reaktion Books, UK, 2004, 2010), non-fiction works involving extensive historical research alongside an intimate understanding of the country’s present moment. Long-time columnist for the Lebanon Daily Star and

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Paul Salem

Paul Salem is senior vice president for policy research and programs at The Middle East Institute. He focuses on issues of political change, transition, and conflict as well as the regional and international relations of the Middle East. He has a particular emphasis on the countries of the Levant and Egypt. Salem writes regularly in

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Achment Gonim

Achment Gonim (Bsc, MA) is a senior political and security risk analyst at a London-based risk management firm that works with governmental and non-governmental developmental agencies as well as multinational corporations. Gonim’s work has focused more widely on the Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa regions with a particular focus on Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Syria

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Sameena Hameed

Dr. Sameena Hameed is Assistant Professor in the Gulf Studies Programme, Centre for West Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her areas of specialization include West Asian Economy and India’s economic relations with West Asia and Energy Security issues. She also prepares research papers and study reports for Public Diplomacy Division, Indian Ministry of

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