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Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco secures apology and substantial damages from UK online newspaper Elaph.com
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AMENDS – Keynote Remarks
AMENDS has accomplished extraordinary things since its inception. Its mentorship and collaboration has nurtured a new generation of leaders, […]
“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 […]
The Dangerous Tendencies Towards Arbitrariness by MBS
By Hicham Alaoui* For the first time in modern history, what happens in Riyadh
Inside the Middle East Q&A: Hicham Alaoui on Democracy, Opposition, and Institutions in North Africa and the Middle East
Excerpt from an October 24th installment of the “Inside the Middle East” Q&A Series, with Hicham Alaoui, Visiting […]
What Does Arabness Mean in an Era of Revolution?
A seminar with Hicham Alaoui, Visiting Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and D.Phil. Candidate, Oriental […]
Prisons and radicalization in France
To make prisons less of a locus for radicalization, what is needed is more Muslim ministers, less overcrowding, […]
Who are the new jihadis?
Biographies of ‘homegrown’ European terrorists show they are violent nihilists who adopt Islam, rather than religious fundamentalists who […]
The Failures of the Arab Spring’s Counter Revolution
After the first waves of mass protest rocked the Arab world, the Arab counter-revolution began in the Gulf […]
Moulay Hicham At Malaga University
Prince Moulay Hicham analyses the recent political evolution in the Arab world in a conversation with the public […]
A change Of Paradigm
Commenting on the recent uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, Prince Moulay Hicham argues that […]
Audience Questions to Moroccan Prince
The Arab Spring came under scrutiny Monday night as 100 students, faculty and community members gathered in Linsly-Chittenden […]
Professor, prince
At CDDRL, he has been deeply involved in the Arab Reform and Democracy Program doing research, mentoring students, […]
Act II – Arab Spring, Are the Arab monarchies next?
As the chaotic transition towards democracy continues in North Africa and Yemen, the fighting in Syria is intensifying. […]
For Osama, there’s no hope of resurrection
With the killing of Bin Laden in Abbottabad, al-Qaeda is as good as dead. This was never a […]
The paradoxes of the re-Islamization of Muslim societies
This essay is one of nearly three dozen original contributions included in 10 Years After September 11, a […]
Radicalisation and the Arab Spring
The Arab Spring changed the pattern of Islamic radicalisation in the region. The new Arab revolutions advocated new […]
