Amr Hamzawy is a distinguished Egyptian political scientist who previously taught at Cairo University and the Free University of Berlin. Hamzawy has a deep knowledge of Middle East politics and specific expertise on the reform process in the region. His research interests include the changing dynamics of political participation in the Arab world and the role of Islamist movements in Arab politics. He is co-editor, with Marina Ottaway, of Getting to Pluralism: Political Actors in the Arab World, published in 2009.
Hamzawy regularly contributes articles in Arabic to various academic journals. He also writes a bi-monthly op-ed for the leading Arab daily al-Hayat and several other regional and international newspapers.
Selected Publications: Getting to Pluralism: Political Actors in the Arab World, with Marina Ottaway and Michele Dunne (Book, 2009); Between Government and Opposition: The Case of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform, (Carnegie Paper, 2009); Islamists in Politics: The Dynamics of Participation (Carnegie Paper, 2008); Party for Justice and Development in Morocco: Participation and Its Discontents, (Carnegie Paper, 2008); The Draft Party Platform of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood: Foray Into Political Integration or Retreat Into Old Positions?, with Nathan Brown (Carnegie Paper, 2008); Human Rights in the Arab World: Independent Voices, coedited with Anthony Chase, (University of Pennsylvania, 2006); Human Rights in the Arab World: Independent Voices, coedited with Anthony Chase, in 2006 Zeitgenössisches Arabisches Denken: Kontinuität und Wandel, (Verlag des Deutschen Orient-Instituts, 2005).
Areas of Expertise
Democracy; Islamism; Social Unrest, Political Reform; Middle East; Egypt
Education
Ph.D, Free University of Berlin; M.A. Institute of Social Studies, The Hague; M.A., University of Amsterdam; B.Sc., Cairo University
