Abdelkader al Khadiri
Ahmed A. Hameed Hussien
Social anthropology researcher.
Hassan Abbas
Syrian Researcher and author.
Mona Abbas Fadhl
Bahraini Researcher and Writer.
Ahmed Abd Rabou
Visiting Scholar at the Center for Middle East Studies, University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies.
Nadine Abdalla
Nadine Abdalla is a Non-Resident Researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).
Bilal Abdallah
Adel Abdel Ghafar
Nayera Abdel Rahman
Mohammad Abdel Salam
Research Fellow at Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies
Soha Abdelaty
Reem Abdelhaliem
Reem Abdelhaliem is an economic researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights.
Islam Abdelmajid
Heba Abou Shnief
Research Advisor at the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at the American University of Cairo.
Oussama AbouBakr
Tewfick Aclimandos
Amr Adly
Non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center.
Mohamed Ahmed Bennis
Research Fellow, Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches en Sciences Sociales, Rabat
Hind Ahmed Zaki
Consultant at Nazra for Feminist Studies, Cairo, Egypt.
Maher Akhttiar
Maher Akhttiar is a writer and researcher.
Araa Al Jaramani
Maher Al Junaidy
Researcher, author, journalist, and media consultant
Isam al Khafaji
Iraqi scholar and writer.
Almoutassim Al Kilani
Syrian jurist specializing in international law and human rights.
Maged Al Madhaji
Researcher, human rights activist and Director of the Center for Civil Rights and Democracy in Yemen
Hani al Masri
Director of the Bada’el Centre for Information, Research and Studies in Egypt.
Abdul Kafi al Rahabi
Assistant Professor at the Yemeni Center for Studies and Research.
Ranime Al Sheltawy
Abedbasset al Wasi
Sasha Al-Alou
Syrian researcher and author of several studies and research papers
Sokrat Al-Alou
Syrian researcher
Abdel-Nasser al-Ayed
A novelist and researcher in Syrian military and strategic affairs.
Awadh Al-Badi
Research Fellow at King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia.
Akram Al-Bunni
Syrian writer.
Maysa Shuja Al-Deen
Yemeni researcher
Abderrahman al-Haj
Professor at Social Sciences University of Ankara.
Younes al-Marzouki
Mohamed Al-Mekhlafi
Ghassan Al-Mufleh
Syrian journalist.
Abbas Al-Murshid
Bahraini Researcher
Amr Al-Shobaki
Former Egyptian parliamentarian and head of the Arab European unit in the Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies.
Azmi al-Shuaibi
Director of AMAN, first coalition of civil society organizations in Palestine.
Abdulnabi Alekry
President of the Bahrain Transparency Society.
Ismail Alexandrani
Freelance journalist and field researcher at the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights.
Fathi Ali
Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Benghazi, Libya.
Riyad Ali
A Syrian judge
Basma Alloush
Advocacy and Communications Officer at the Norwegian Refugee Council USA.
Jafar Alshayeb
Saudi writer and rights activist
Jamal Altahat
Senior fellow in the Institute for Statecraft, London.
Hussein Alwaday
Writer and media expert on the reality of the Yemeni and Arab religious movements.
Mohammad Alwuhaib
Professor of political philosophy at Kuwait University and the Head of the Kuwait Center for Active Citizenship
Ahmed Amin
Ilina Angelova
Rachid Aourraz
Arab Reform Initiative
Article 19
Roger Asfar
Syrian journalist and researcher
Maha Assabalani
Nizam Assaf
Director of the Amman Center for Human Rights Studies
Chiara Ayad
Researcher and Programme Officer, Arab Reform Initiative.
Tariq Azizah
Tariq Azizah is a Syrian author and researcher
Maha Azzam
Associate fellow of the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House
Cecilia Baeza
Professor of International Relations at Pontificia Universidade Católica and the Getulio Vargas Foundation in São Paulo.
Ahmad Baha’eddin Shaaban
Member of the Egyptian Movement for Change “Kifaya”.
Noha Bakr
Professor of Political Science at the American University in Cairo (AUC)
Alexandra Barahona de Brito
Expert on human rights and democratisation issues and on the politics of memory.
Ronald Barakat
Executive Director of Lebanese Transparency Association.
Wesam Basandu
Yemeni Researcher and Political Writer
Baseera
Rabia Belhejla
Tarek Ben Chaabane
Haykel Ben Mahfoudh
Professor of Law in the Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences at the University of Carthage.
Mohamed Benhlal
Said Bennis
Myriam Benraad
Mehdi K. Benslimane
Hameed Bohkak
Research fellow, Centre d’études et de recherches en sciences sociales, Rabat.
Sofiane Bouhdiba
Sofiane Bouhdiba is a professor of demography at the University of Tunis, Tunisia.
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Dina Ali
Eduardo Cabrita
Member of the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.
Myriam Catusse
Researcher at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Institut Français du Proche Orient (IFPO)
Gavin Cawthra
Chair in Defence and Security Management at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Hatem Chakroun
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences in Tunis and researcher at the Tunisian Monitor of Democratic Transition.
Chérine Chams El-Dine
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University.
Hafedh Chekir
Demographer and statistician and member of the Observatoire Tunisien de la Transition Démocratique.
Hafedh Chekir
Professor of Public Law and human rights activist.
Rachid Chennani
Alain Christnacht
Former High Commissioner of the French Republic in New Caledonia and a former Adviser to the State.
Virginie Collombier
Ghazi Dahman
Syrian writer and journalist.
Antranik Dakessian
Associate Professor at the Haigazian University in Beirut.
Pedro Dallari
Danish Refugee Council
Sami Daoud
Researcher
Sabr Darwish
Sabr Darwish is a researcher and journalist.
Fatiha Dazi-Héni
Researcher on the Arabian Peninsula and Gulf at the Institut de Recherche Stratégique à l’Ecole Militaire, Paris.
Blandine Destremau
Nacer Djabi
Daho Djerbal
Assistant Professor and Head of Naqd Magazine, Algeria.
Siham Drissi
Mathilde Dugit-Gros
Michele Dunne
Senior Associate, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Salah Eddin Jorshi
Tunisian Journalist, Researcher and Expert in Islamic movements and Civil Society.
Mohamed El Agati
Samir El Aita
General Director of Mafhoum (Concept) and Le Monde Diplomatique - Arabic Edition
Karim El Chazli
PhD student in law at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris.
Yosra El Gendi
Amina El Messaoudi
Professor in Consitutional Law, University Mohammed V, Morocco.
Youssef El-Chazli
Magdi El-Gizouli
Sudanese academic and Fellow at the Rift Valley Institute.
Ibrahim El-Houdaiby
Independent political researcher.
Omar El-Shenety
Bououchma Elhadi
Abd el-Rahman Elzoghaimy
Political Activist.
Moaaz ElZoughby
Former analyst and project manager at Arab Reform Initiative
Belhassen Ennouri
Heba Raouf Ezzat
Assistant professor of Political Theory and Civilization Studies at ibn Haldun-Istanbul University.
Georges Fahmi
Researcher at Arab Forum for Alternatives, PhD researcher at the European University in Florence.
Tamirace Fakhoury
Associate professor in Political Sciences and International Affairs
Yasmine Farouk
Mohammed Fathy Hassan
Sameh Fawzi
Egyptian Researcher
Ismail Fayed
Independent writer and researcher.
Ali Fayyad
Director of the Studies and Documentation Center, Lebanon.
Fouad Mohammad Fouad
Surgeon and Visiting Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut.
Heba Gamaldin
Bouhania Gaoui
Florence Gaub
Deputy Director, EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris.
Nael Georges
Hanin Ghaddar
Managing Editor of NOW – English (mmedia.me) and board member at the Arab Reform Initiative.
Cláudio Gonçalves Couto
Department of Public Management, Getulio Vargas Foundation, São Paulo, Brazil.
Bouhania Goui
Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Kasdi Merbah University, Algeria.
Moussa Grifa
Researcher, Tripoli University, Libya.
Mohammed Hachemaoui
Professor of Political Science at the University of Algeria
Said Haddadi
Head of Communications
Waseem Hafez
A reseacher into Syrian affairs
Nasma Haïdar
Administrative and Financial Director
Issam Haj Hussein
Operations Director for the Coalition for Accountability and Integrity (AMAN), Palestine.
Firas Haj Yehia
Syrian human rights lawyer.
Yasseen Haj-Saleh
Syrian Writer
Lutfi Hajji
Tunisian journalist and human rights activist.
Fouad Halbouni
Abdelali Hamieddine
Professor of political science and constitutional law at the University of Mohammed V, Rabat.
Salwa Hamrouni
Mujahid Hashim Yahia
Shimaa Hatab
Ghazi Hidouci
Former Algerian economy minister.
Khaled Hroub
Director of the Cambridge Arab Media Project at Cambridge University, United Kingdom.
Haydar Ibrahim Ali
Director of the Center for Sudanese Studies.
Donia Ismail
Mayaz Itani
Financial and Administrative IO
Hana Jaber
Senior Research Fellow at Arab Reform Initiative.
Wesam Jalahej
Project manager for the Syrian Legal Forum Program
Emna Jeblawi
Tunisian academic and researcher.
Murhaf Jouejati
Eya Jrad
PhD candidate, Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences, Carthage University, Tunisia.
Mohamed Kadiri
Mohamed Kadri Said
Head of Strategic and Security Studies Unit, Al-Ahram Center for Political & Strategic Studies, Cairo, Egypt.
Azza Kamel Maghur
Libyan lawyer and member of the Libyan Council for Human Rights.
Karam Karam
Lebanese Center for Policy Studies.
Salam Kawakibi
Salam Kawakibi is the Director of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (Paris), and an Associate Researcher at ARI.
Bilel Kckouk
Abdulhadi Khalaf
Bahraini Researcher and Associate Profesor at the Department of Sociology, Lund University.
Mustafa Khalifa
Amir Khalil
Omnia Khalil
Lina Khatib
Head of Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House, London.
Rachid Khechana
Tunisian Writer and Journalist.
Bassma Kodmani
Executive Director, Arab Reform Initiative.
Marie Kortam
Radha Kumar
Taher Labadi
PhD in economics from Paris-Dauphine University in France
Alimar Lazkani
Syrian researcher.
Felix Legrand
Independent researcher and consultant working on Syria.
Clóvis Henrique Leite de Souza
Adel Ltifi
Lecturer in contemporary history of the Arab World at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3.
Derek Lutterbeck
Deputy Director and Holder of the Swiss Chair at the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, Malta.
Benjamin Lydon
Olivia Macharis
Issam Fares Institute on Public Policy and International Affairs in Beirut
Faisal Mahboub
Azzam Mahjoub
Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Tunis.
Rustom Mahmoud
Syrian writer and researcher
Rayan Majed
Lebanese journalist and researcher
Ayssen Makni
Karim Mallak
Antoine Maltais
French researcher.
Afifa Mannai
Law professor at the University of Jendouba, Tunisia.
Diana Mansour
Tahdir Programme Director, Arab Reform Initiative.
Khaled Mansour
Independent writer and an adjunct professor on humanitarian aid, human rights and peacekeeping.
Luis Martinez
Senior Research Fellow, CERI- Sciences Po, Paris.
Rafael Martinez
Professor of Political Science at the University of Barcelona. Associated researcher, CIDOB
Mohammed Masbah
Pascal Ménoret
Research Fellow, King Faisal Foundation for Research and Islamic Studies
Franck Mermier
Habiba Mohsen
Researcher at the Arab Forum for Alternatives and programme co-ordinator at the Asfari Institute in Beirut.
Sherif Mohy El Deen
Wejdene Mokrani
Wejdene Mokrani has a Masters degree in Public Law and Political Sciences from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tunis El Manar.
Samir Morcos
Researcher, one of the drafters of Al-Azhar document, and member of the Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression.
El Mouhoub Mouhoud
Professor of Economics at Paris-Dauphine University.
Youssef Mounsif
Researcher at the Moroccan Centre for Social Sciences in Ain Chock, Casablanca
Nayla Moussa
Mustafa Muhammad
Algerian writer and journalist.
Omar Nashabe
Lecturer at the Lebanese American University and Criminal Justice analyst
Aya Nassar
PhD student at the University of Warwick, UK.
Asma Nouira
Professor of Political Science and Law at the University of El-Manar, Tunisia.
Sufian Obaidat
Mohammed Omar Ahmed
Lecturer at the Faculty of Sharia and Law at the Puntland State University, and Editor-in-Chief of the media network Somalia Today.
Magued Osman
Director – Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research (Baseera)
Mohammad Lemine Ould Bah
Mauritanian Lawyer and Human Rights Activist
Mohamed Outaher
Mohamed Outaher is a researcher in the sociology of religion and gender.
Katia Papagianni
Head of the Mediation Support Programme at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Geneva.
Iman Ragab
Fatma Ramadan
Director of the Political Participation Program for Women and Youth at the Egyptian Women’s Affairs Foundation.
Farah Ramzy
PhD student at the University of Nanterre, Paris.
Hamadi Redissi
Professor of Public Law and Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tunis.
Sarah Anne Rennick
Deputy Director for Management
Michael Robbins
Director of the Arab Barometer
Mostafa S. Adib
The head of the Centre for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (CESMO), based in Lebanon and France (http://www.cesmo.org).
Abdallah Saaf
Director of the Centre for Studies and Research in Social Sciences at Mohammed V University.
Ossama Safa
Director of the Lebanese Center for Political Studies (LCPS)
Abdulaziz Sager
Mohamed Sahbi Khalfaoui
Mohamed Sahbi Khalfaoui is a Lecturer and researcher at the faculty of legal, economic and accounting sciences, Jendouba, Tunisia.
Atef Said
Omar Said
Yemeni journalist and researcher.
Mahmoud Salah
Paul Salem
Director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Middle East Center in Beirut
Denisa Sarajlic-Maglic
Deputy Minister of Civil Affairs for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Abdel Sattar Hatita
Egyptian Novelist and Journalist in the daily Pan-Arab "Al-Sharq Al-Awsat" newspaper.
Wael Sawah
Syrian journalist and writer
Yezid Sayigh
Professor of Middle East Studies, Kings College, London
Narcís Serra
Leila Seurat
Omar Shaban
Omar Shaban is the director of PalThink for Strategic Studies, Palestine .
Yara Shahin
Yasmine Shash
Yasmine Shash is a researcher in the Law and Society Unit at the American University in Cairo.
Dina Shehata
Researcher at the Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies in Cairo.
Khalil Shikaki
Director at the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research.
Baker Sidqi
Syrian writer.
Hania Sobhy
Visiting Scholar at the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Marburg.
Gerald Stang
Expert on democratic transitions, energy politics and foresight in international relations.
Said Sultan al Hashimi
Omani Researcher and Writer
Veton Surroi
Chairman of the Board, Foreign Policy Club, Kosovo
Konrad Sztyler
Claire Talon
Senior Research Fellow, Arab Reform Initiative.
Hossam Tammam
Late Egyptian Researcher on Islamic movements.
Manon-Nour Tannous
PhD candidate at Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) and Research Associate to the Contemporary Arab History Chair at Collège de France
Mohammad Tariq
Rachid Tlemçani
University Professor, Algiers.
Armenak Tokmajyan
Research Associate at Tampere Peace Research Institute (Tapri), Finland.
Abdellah Tourabi
Moroccan journalist and researcher.
Augusto Varas
Chairman of the Organization Aquetas (EQUITAS), Chile.
Álvaro Vasconcelos
Associate Senior Researcher at the Arab Reform Initiative.
Tamer Wageeh
Egyptian journalist
Nawaf Wasfi Tell
Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, Jordan
Jessica Watkins
PhD candidate at the War Studies Department, King's College London.
Mohamed Wazif
PhD candidate at Hassan II University, Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences in Casablanca.
Jehad Yazigi
Rana Yazigi
Ali Zaid Al Zu’abi
Professor in Anthropology, Department of Sociology at the University of Kuwait.
Atiaf Zaid Alwazir
Development consultant, researcher and blogger based in Sana'a, Yemen.
Jalal Zain Aldin
Syrian researcher and journalist.
Agadid Zakaria
Kheder Zakaria
President of the Syrian Association for Social Sciences and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Harmoon Center for Contemporary Studies, Doha.