Omar Ashour, a Senior Lecturer in Arab Politics in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Brookings Doha Center, is the author of The De-Radicalization of Jihadists: Transforming Armed Islamist Movements and From Good Cop to Bad Cop: The Challenge of Security Sector Reform in Egypt.
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Omar Ashour
Dr. Omar Ashour is Senior Lecturer in Arab Politics and the Director of the Middle East Graduate Studies Program at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter (UK). He is a Non-Resident Fellow in the Brookings Doha Center. He specializes in Islamist movements, conflict studies (with emphasis on transformations of armed groups), democratization, security sector reform, and civil-military relations. Dr. Ashour was a former consultant for the United Nations and a regular contributor to media outlets. Dr. Ashour obtained his bachelors and masters from the American University in Cairo. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science from McGill University in Canada.
Commentaries by Omar Ashour
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The Algerian Tragedy
EXETER – Commenting on the recent Algerian hostage crisis on an international news channel, one terrorism “expert” made a remarkable claim: …
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Egypt’s Democratic Dictator?
CAIRO – Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first-ever elected civilian president, recently granted himself sweeping temporary powers in order, he claims…
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Libya’s Jihadist Minority
DOHA – “They are armed, I am not going to fight a losing battle and kill my men over a demolished shrine,” said Fawzi Abd al-‘Aali, the form…
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Egypt’s New Old Government
CAIRO – Egypt’s first-ever freely elected president, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi, has appointed his first cabinet, and guess what…
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Libya’s Defeated Islamists
TRIPOLI – “We certainly did not expect the results, but...our future is certainly better than our present and our past,” said Sami al-Saadi,…
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Egypt Holds Its Breath
CAIRO – “You are the authority, above any other authority. You are the protectors, whoever seeks protection away from you is a fool...and th…
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Egypt’s Innocent Murderers
CAIRO – “Bashar should abandon power and retire safely in Egypt. The general-prosecutor is murder-friendly,” a friend, referring to Syrian P…
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Who Will Win Egypt?
CAIRO – Everything about Egypt’s revolution has been unexpected, and the first-round results in the country’s first-ever competitive preside…
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What do Egypt’s Generals Want?
CAIRO – “Whatever the majority in the People’s Assembly, they are very welcome, because they won’t have the ability to impose anything that …
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Egypt’s Salafi Challenge
CAIRO – “We want democracy, but one constrained by God’s laws. Ruling without God’s laws is infidelity,” Yasser Burhami, the second leading …
The Algerian Tragedy
Paul Mathew Mathew: "Algerian Generals" = thugs who have cut deals with the CIA to get US support IF they agree to sell out their country to US corporations. There are probably a few riders including items such as "yo…
The Algerian Tragedy
Carol Maczinsky: Or split Mali.