Dr Maha Azzam
Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme
Expertise
- Political Islam
- Islam and Globalisation
- Middle East Politics
- Islamist Groups in the Middle East with particular reference to Egypt
- Ideology of al-Qaeda
Projects
- Political Islamism Revisited
Recent Publications
- Egypt's Military Council and the Transition to Democracy, Briefing Paper, May 2012
- 'Islamism: Extremists or Democrats', The Arab Spring: Implications for British Policy, Conservative Middle East Council, October 2011
- '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)
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 (RUSI) |
| 1993-1995 |
Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies (RUSI) |
| 1990-1991 |
Research Associate, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London |
Broadcast Experience
Extensive
Languages
Bi-lingual English/Arabic