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Ashraf El-Sherif
Nonresident Associate, Democracy and Rule of Law Program

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Ashraf El-Sherif is no longer with the Carnegie Endowment.

Ashraf El-Sherif was a nonresident associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Based in Egypt, El-Sherif is a lecturer in political science at the American University in Cairo. He is an expert in political Islam, state-religion relations, democratic transition, social movements, and state-society relations in the Middle East and North Africa. 

He has contributed to several journals and newspapers in English and Arabic.

 


education
PhD, Boston University, MA, The American University in Cairo, BA, The American University in Cairo
languages
Arabic, English

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Egypt’s Salafists at a Crossroads

The ouster of Mohamed Morsi by a popularly backed military coup in 2013 dealt a debilitating blow to the Islamist project—and left deep cleavages within the Salafist movement.

· April 29, 2015
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The Muslim Brotherhood and the Future of Political Islam in Egypt

The current turmoil in Egypt has cast shadows on the potential for Islamist integration as well as the regime’s ability to achieve political stability.

· October 21, 2014
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The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s Failures

Though it had to operate in a hostile political environment, the Brotherhood ultimately fell because of its own political, ideological, and organizational failures.

· July 1, 2014
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Egypt’s Post-Mubarak Predicament

Mubarak’s overthrow ushered in more of the same in Egypt—an authoritarian political process. The Egyptian state needs to be completely reinvented.

· January 29, 2014
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What Path Will Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Choose?

To be a full player in a genuinely democratic Egyptian political system, the Brotherhood has to embark on an ideological, doctrinal, and organizational transformation.

· September 23, 2013
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Picking a Fight: Khairat al-Shater v. SCAF

Will the Muslim Brotherhood’s gamble on al-Shater pay off?

· April 13, 2012
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Egypt’s New Islamists: Emboldening Reform from Within

Egypt’s revolution has emboldened Islamists from within the Muslim Brotherhood long disenchanted with its conservative leadership. Who are these reformists and what role are they playing in Egypt’s transition?

· January 12, 2012