Marc Lynch, George Washington University This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 1, Spring 2019. Download the PDF of this piece here. A rich academic literature on Islamist political participation has evolved over the last two decades,
Flipping the Scripts: Pop Culture as Alternative Subject and Data Source in MENA Studies
Lisel Hintz, Johns Hopkins University—SAIS This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 1, Spring 2019. Download the PDF of this piece here. In February 2012, Turkish director Faruk Aksoy’s Fetih 1453 (The Conquest 1453) sold 2.2 million
Writing about Insecurity and Global Politics in Beirut
Waleed Hazbun[1], University of Alabama, Karim Makdisi, American University of Beirut, Coralie Pison Hindawi, American University of Beirut This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 1, Spring 2019. Download the PDF of this piece here. Writing in
Polling an Islamic Republic: The Iran Social Survey
Kevan Harris, UCLA and Daniel Tavana, Princeton University This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 1, Spring 2019. Download the PDF of this piece here. Polls in Iran, when conducted with sound methods, can inform us about
Revisiting the Origins of Political Islam
Steven Brooke, University of Louisville and Neil Ketchley, King’s College London[1] This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 1, Spring 2019. Download the PDF of this piece here. The study of comparative politics is increasingly concerned with