Experts

Dr Maha Azzam

Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme

Telephone:	+44 (0)7854 580 419
Contact:	Email Dr Maha Azzam

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Expertise

• Political Islam
• Islam and Globalisation
• Middle East Politics
• Islamist Groups in the Middle East with particular reference to Egypt
• Ideology of al-Qaeda

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Projects

• Political Islamism Revisited

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Recent Publications

• 'The Centrality of Ideology in Counter-Terrorism Strategies in the Middle East', in James Forest (ed.) Counter Terrorism in the 21st Century (Praeger Security International 2007)
• 'Some Local and Global Dimensions in the Radicalisation of Muslim Communities in Europe', The Brown Journal of World Affairs, 2007
• 'Al-Qaeda-Five Years on', Chatham House Briefing Paper, London, September 2006
• 'Islamism Revisited', International Affairs, vol 82, no.6, November 2006
• 'Political Islam and the Ideology of Violence', in Professor James Forest (ed.) The Making of a Terrorist (Praeger Press 2006)
• 'Militant Islamism in Egypt and the New Jihad', in Jean-Luc (ed.) Jihadism (University Press France 2005)
  

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Experience

2002-Present	Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House
1995-1999	Head of Programme on Security and Development in Muslim States, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, Whitehall London SW1A 2ET
1993-1995	Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, Whitehall London SW1A 2ET
1990-1991	Research Associate, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London

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Broadcast Experience

Extensive

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Languages

Bi-lingual English/Arabic

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