Select policy, media and academic publications.
Policy Publications
Dangerous but not Omnipotent: Exploring the Reach and Limitations of Iranian Power in the Middle East
by Frederic Wehrey, David E. Thaler, Nora Bensahel, Kim Cragin, Jerrold D. Green, Dalia Dassa Kaye, Nadia Oweidat, Jennifer J. Li
The Kefaya Movement: A Case Study of a Grassroots Reform Initiative
by Nadia Oweidat, Charyl Benard, Dale Stahl, Walid Kildani, Edward O’Connell, Audra K. Grant
A New US Policy Paradigm Toward Iran
by Frederic Wehrey, David E. Thaler, Nora Bensahel, Kin Cragin, Jerrold D. Green, Dalia Dassa Kaye, Nadia Oweidat, Jennifer J. Li
Barriers to the Broad Dissemination of Creative Works in the Arab World
by Lowell H. Schwarts, Todd C. Helmus, Dalia Dassa Kaye, Nadia Oweidat
Media Publications
Select Media Publications
Supporting Youth Activists in the MENA Region: A Challenging Reality and Opportunities for a Brighter Future
August 12, 2021
It’s Not Good Islam versus Bad Islam. It’s Theocracy Versus Secularism
November 10, 2016
Select Arabic Publications
Taliban vs. U.S.: Who Owns the Future? طالبان مقابل امريكا: من يملك المستقبل؟
August 19, 2021
Samantha Power: The Immigrant Who Rose to Represent America سامانثا باور.. المهاجرة التي صعدت لتمثل أمريكا
July 20, 2021
Liberalism and Religious Thought in the Arab World: An Impossible Agreement? الليبرالية والفكر الديني في العالم العربي.. التوافق المستحيل؟
June 23, 2021
On Usama Bin Laden: Research Centers, Men Hair-Dye, and Poisoned Memory في حضرة بن لادن: مراكز بحوث وصبغة شعر وذاكرة مسمومة
October 3, 2020
The Crisis of Individualism and Civic Society in the Arab Political System مأزق الفردية والمجتمع المدني في النطام السياسي العربي
August 2, 2020
How Do Non-Conformist Change the World? كيف يحرك المتفردون العالم
July 18, 2020
Critique of Arab Reality: Accepting Diversity Is the Solution في نقد واقعنا العربي: قبول الاختلاف هو الحل
June 30, 2020
The West Re-Examines Its History with Slavery: Will the Arabs Do it? الغرب يراجع تاريخه مع العبودية..هل يفعلها العرب؟
June 22, 2020
University Education in the Age of Corona: New Opportunities? التعليم الجامعي في زمن كورونا: فرص جديدة؟
May 31, 2020
Pelosi: The Iron Lady of America بيلوسي: سيدة أمريكا الحديدية
May 27, 2020
Education in the Virtual Space التعليم في العالم الافتراضي
April 25, 2020
Will Humanity Turn the Page of Corona towards a Better Future? هل ستقلب البشرية صفحة كورونا نحو مستقبل افضل؟
March 29, 2020
Critique of the West in the Age of the Arab Uprisings and Coronavirus نقد الغرب في زمن ثورات الربيع وكورونا
March 8, 2020
Nonviolence and Respecting the Idols of Others اللاعنف واحترام اصنام الاخرين
July 13, 2015
Camp David and the Challenging Problems of the Middle East كامب ديفيد ومشاكل الشرق الاوسط
May 14, 2015
Islam and Modern State: The Impossibility of Crossing الدولة الحديثة والاسلام: استحالة اللقاء
November 23, 2014
Academic Publications
Books
Reform and its Perils in Contemporary Islam: The Case of Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd
Manuscript in final stages of editing
A Million Clicks to Freedom: The Virtual Battlefield of Ideas in the Arabic-Speaking World
Manuscript in Progress
Articles
“The Heritage (turath) of the Nahda Scholars in the Thought of Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd.”
The Maghrib Review, August 2020, Vol 45 No.2.
“Providing Context: Commentary on the Debate Over the Critique of Salafi-Jihadism from a Mainstream Sunni Perspective,”
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, October 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2019.1657299.
“Qutb, Sayyid (1906-1966),”
Religion and Violence: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict from Antiquity to the Present, Co-authored with Glen Feder. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2011. pp. 595-598.
“From Piety to Atheism: The Intellectual Journey of Former Muslim Imams”
In progress.
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