The Middle East Economy in 2010
Audio recording from The Middle East Economy in 2010
The Arab Gulf States: Beyond Oil and Islam
Audio recording from The Arab Gulf States: Beyond Oil and Islam
An Exploration of Egyptian Sufi Musical Traditions
Audio recording from An Exploration of Egyptian Sufi Musical Traditions
Egypt's Unfinished Revolution: One Year Later
The Middle East Institute is pleased to host Egyptian journalist Ashraf
Khalil for a discussion of his new book, Liberation Square: Inside the
Egyptian Revolution and the Rebirth of a Nation, and the political
landscape in Egypt on the first anniversary of the revolution. This
book is the first account of the Tahrir Square uprisings from someone
who was on the ground and witnessed the protests firsthand. Ashraf
Khalil will analyze the status quo in Egypt today and reasons for both
Egypt's Unfinished Revolution: One Year Later
Podcast for “Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution: One Year Later”
Ashraf Khali
10 Feb, 2012
Crisis in the Yemen Economy
How Yemen can use their most valuable resource of human labor to respond to their economic difficulties through increased institution-building.
Crisis in the Yemeni Economy: A Troubled Transition to Post-Hydrocarbon Growth
Dedicated to the memory of our friend and colleague Chris Boucek
65th Annual Conference: Game Changer: Politics and Policy for a New Middle East – Annual Banquet
MEI Annual Banquet
Wednesday, November 16, 2010
6:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Award Recipient – Issam M. Fares Award for Excellence
H.E. Amb. Lakhdar Brahimi
The Arab Spring: Implications for US Policy and Interests
The Arab Spring: Implications for US Policy and Interests
Egypt: Islamists vs. Islamists
*This Opinion first appeared in the Huffington Post on December 13, 2011
The first free and by all accounts fair elections in Egypt mark a major turning point in the country's long history. In what is likely to be a tenuous and trying transition to democracy, Egypt's Islamists won a resounding victory, gaining two-thirds of the vote in the first round of Egypt's parliamentary elections. While many in the West fear that the Islamist victory in this first election will radicalize Egypt, in reality, the situation is far more complex and nuanced.