Islamists and “Social Depth” in the Arab World and Turkey
Al Mesbar’s 101st monthly book addresses how Sunni and Shi’ite Islamist movements employ social institutions and agencies as a means...
An Untold Story of Armenian Survival
by Armen Tsolag Marsoobian As a child growing up in New York City, the little that I knew about the...
The Arabian Gulf: Opportunities and Challenges
The hundredth edition of Al Mesbar’s monthly book comes at a time of ambiguity in the Gulf: on the one hand,...
Sacred Violence and Social Media Platforms
Social media outlets have provided a further tool for violent groups to intensify the culture of extremism and recruit new...
Egypt’s Copts in the Discourse of the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi Groups
Andres Zeki Estafanos, a theology professor in Cairo, presents a critical study of Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi discourse on the...
Religion and Social Media Platforms
In Al Mesbar Center’s ninety-eighth monthly book, Religion and Social Media Platforms, we attempt to answer some urgent questions on...
Spain and Islamist Movements: from the Victory of the FIS to the Arab Spring
by Ana I. Planet and Miguel Hernando de Larramendi -- Although concerns about political Islam in the western world can...
Israel and the Arab Spring: Understanding Attitudes and Responses to the ‘New Middle East’
From the outset, the Arab Spring has taken the world by storm. It both challenged the political status quo in...
U.S. Policy and the Muslim Brotherhood
by Steven Brooke -- On June 24, 2012 Mohammed Morsi, a candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood, won Egypt’s first presidential...
Germany and the Muslim Brotherhood
by Guido Steinberg-- Germany’s policy towards the Muslim Brotherhood consisted of a domestic and a foreign policy dimension ever since...
France and the Islamist Movements: A Long Non-Dialogue
by Jean-François Daguzan -- France has a unique relationship with Arab countries and particularly with North African (Maghreb) states. To maintain...
