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The MENA region following to the Gaza War

The seminar of the Hicham Alaoui Foundation was centred on the impact and consequences of the Gaza War […]
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New partnership with University of Gothenburg

In June 2023, the Hicham Alaoui Foundation launched a new project in partnership with the University of Gothenburg […]
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Pacted Democracy in the Middle East

This book provides a new theory for how democracy can materialize in the Middle East, and the broader […]
image The New Centrality of the Gulf countries. What Consequences for Contemporary Arab culture?

The New Centrality of the Gulf countries. What Consequences for Contemporary Arab culture?

During the last decades, the former cultural capitals of the Middle East such as Damascus, Cairo, Baghdad or Beirut […]
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Women Activism in the Middle East and North Africa

Florence, 7-8 January 2023 The revolt of Iranian women has turned into a massive challenge to the regime. […]

Brainstorming HAF, Florence, May 7-8, 2022

The Arab Spring crisis is part of a general crisis of democratic models and of a  rise of […]
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New Book: “25 Years, 25 Ideas: A Generation to Change the Arab World”

I am pleased to present my new book, 25 Years, 25 Ideas: A Generation to Change the Arab […]
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The Political Economy of Arab Educational Reform

Book Development WorkshopCotswold Lodge, Oxford, United Kingdom, September 28-29, 2019 The Political Economy of Arab Educational Reform   […]
image Between Ethics and Education: A Life of Dissent

Between Ethics and Education: A Life of Dissent

I wish to thank the faculty and students here at the Belmont Hill School for this wonderful opportunity, […]
image The Lure of Authoritarianism. The Maghreb after the Arab Spring

The Lure of Authoritarianism. The Maghreb after the Arab Spring

  Conference and book launch at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and the Government Department at Georgetown […]
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‘L’histoire post-coloniale aujourd’hui’

Intervenants Hicham Alaoui Joseph Bahout Jean-François Bayart Catherine Cornet Farhad Khosrokhavar Henry Laurens Khadija Mohsen Finan Mohamed Kerrou […]
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« L’histoire postcoloniale aujourd’hui »

Séminaire de la Fondation Hicham Alaoui Florence, 8 – 9 décembre 2018 Intervenants Hicham Alaoui Joseph Bahout Jean-François […]
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“From Freedom to Freefall: The New Politics of Middle East Authoritarianism”

Lecture by Hicham Alaoui, Columbia University, Wednesday, March 28 at 7 pm – 9 pm Seven years after the Arab […]