Faculty Affiliate, Dubai Initiative
E-mail: eshahin@gov.harvard.edu
Languages: Arabic, English
Specializations: political movements, comparative politics of the Middle East and North Africa, Egypt

Emad El-Din Shahin is Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Government at Harvard University, Faculty Affiliate with the Dubai Initiative, and Associate Professor at the Political Science Department, the American University in Cairo (AUC). He earned his B.A. (1980) and M.A. (1983) from the American University in Cairo, and his Ph.D. (1990) from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He has taught at George Washington University, Georgetown University, and Al-Akhawayn University in Morocco. Dr. Shahin teaches a variety of courses in comparative politics, the Middle East, and North Africa.

Dr. Shahin is the recipient of the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award for the Academic Year 2001-2002, AUC. His research focuses on Muslim politics and political developments in the Middle East and North Africa. He is author of Political Ascent: Contemporary Islamic Movements in North Africa, and Through Muslim Eyes: Muhammad Rashid Rida and the West, 1993. He has also published articles and contributed chapters to edited books, including the Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Modern Islamic World, Muslim World, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, and Middle East Insight.

Working Papers

May 2007
Political Islam in Egypt

February, 2006
Egypt: The Year of the Elections and Elusive Political Reforms

July, 2005
Egypt's Moments of Reform: A Reality or an Illusion?

February 2005
Political Islam: Ready for Engagement?