Muhammad Fadel is a legal expert and researcher for National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project. A graduate of Mansoura University in Egypt, Mr. Fadel is an advocate for gender justice. In Cairo, he worked as a legal researcher at Nazra for Feminist Studies in the Women’s Political Participation Academy and as a human rights attorney for
Learn MoreJannis Julien Grimm is a Doctoral Fellow in the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies at Freie Universität Berlin, where he investigates political violence and the dynamics of contention in post-revolutionary Egypt and Turkey. He has studied Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science in Münster, Berlin and in Cairo where he has spent several
Learn MoreSince 2011, Georgeta Auktor is Senior Researcher at the German Development Institute in Bonn, in the department of Sustainable Economic and Social Development. From 2008 to 2011 she was Assistant Professor at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi. In 2013 she was Guest Lecturer at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences’ Institute
Learn MorePaul 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
Learn MoreDavid Risley lived in Egypt and worked closely with the Egyptian judiciary and Ministry of Justice from September 2010 to April 2015 while serving as the U.S. Department of Justice Attaché and Legal Advisor, based in the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. From November 2005 to September 2006, he served a DOJ detail in Iraq as
Learn MoreThanassis Cambanis is an author, journalist and fellow at The Century Foundation, who specializes in the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy. He is co-director of TCF’s “Arab Politics beyond the Uprisings.” His most recent book, Once Upon A Revolution: An Egyptian Story (Simon and Schuster: 2015), chronicles Egyptian efforts to create a new political
Learn MoreJudy Dempsey is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie Europe and editor in chief of the Strategic Europe blog. She is also the author of the book The Merkel Phenomenon (Das Phänomen Merkel, Körber-Stiftung Edition, 2013). She worked for the International Herald Tribune from 2004 to 2011 as its Germany and East European Correspondent and
Learn MoreRobert Kagan is a senior fellow with the Project on International Order and Strategy in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. He is a contributing columnist at the Washington Post. His most recent book is The New York Times bestseller, “The World America Made” (Knopf, 2012) His previous books include “The Return of History and
Learn MoreMay El-Sadany is the Nonresident Fellow for Legal and Judicial Analysis with TIMEP. She has previously worked at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, among other places. Ms. El-Sadany’s published work has covered legal and constitutional issues in Egypt, human rights issues in Syria, sectarian violence in the Middle
Learn MoreYasser El-Shimy was a visiting research fellow at ECFR, where he conducted research on EU-Egyptian relations in light of the latter’s socio-political situation. He has earned his PhD from Boston University in International Relations and Comparative Politics. His most recent research focuses on the roles of the military and the Muslim Brotherhood in the failure
Learn MoreAnthony Dworkin is a senior policy fellow at ECFR, where he leads the organisation’s work in the area of human rights, democracy, and justice. Among other subjects, he has conducted research and written on European and US frameworks for counterterrorism, on the European Union’s human rights strategy, and on the pursuit of justice in the
Learn MoreMOHAMED AL ANSARY is a lawyer and regional legal researcher with the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies. Mr. Al Ansary holds a diploma in International Law from Cairo University. He has worked for 16 years as a lawyer in various fields, including criminal, labor, and administrative law. He has conducted extensive research on the use
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